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TIL that the cans of ‘Bernard Dehydrated Water’ that you see floating around the Internet, are indeed a real product. Bernard Food Industries created the product as a gag that store owners could display in stores to give customers a laugh.

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KYMGJ TIL that Margaret Hamilton, Computer Scientist, who is known for 'Leading the team that created the on-board flight software' for the Apollo missions, wasn't even hired until after the completed software had already flown to the moon in Apollo 8.
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