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TIL the creator of Rocko’s Modern Life came up with the idea for his show when he came across a wallaby at a zoo that “seemed to oblivious of the chaos around him.”

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LQp4V TIL that Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t afford insurance. Life insurance for a space mission cost a lot, because the risks were extremely high back then. So instead, the astronauts of Apollo 11 signed hundreds of postal covers that their families could sell in case anything went wrong.
0waKN TIL Ernest Gallo created Thunderbird Wine after seeing wine in the inner city sold next to koolaid. Salesman dropped empty bottles in skid row neighborhoods to promote brand awareness. It worked so well when Gallo greeted a bum with, "What's the word?', he shouted, "Thunderbird." Both laughed.
5KEp TIL that the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada, 45C, is higher than any temperature ever recorded in either Brazil or Thailand.
9wyLD TIL of the Guano Islands Act from 1856 which the US used to lay claim to 100 unpopulated islands
OoLP4 TIL producer J Dilla chopped up an early 1960's song to make it say, "light up the spliffs" (0:51)