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TIL It was not possible to film a fake moon landing due to technical limitations in film and video. It was actually easier to go to the Moon than fake it.

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l7RJA TIL The 'Magna Carta' (1215) was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law.
BrKdr TIL that some trees can survive temperatures as low as -269 degree Celsius. They have evolved a supercooling method where the insides of their cells turn into glass. Its a kind of suspended animation where the molecules don't really move.
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