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Today I learned that there are two golf balls on the moon

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P1MZw TIL that, thought destroyed by Nazis, a priceless mosaic owned by Roman emperor Caligula ended up as a coffee table for 50 years in a NYC apartment.
E1OYV TIL during WWII US Navy seamen would drain the fuel from torpedos (180-proof grain alcohol) then filter it though bread to make a cocktail called torpedo juice.
yVB1M TIL that the current heir to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine is Ferdinand Habsburg, an Austrian racing driver. A descendant of the House of Habsburg and a grandson of Otto von Habsburg, the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary, his titles and honorifics are unofficial due to Austria being a republic.
ADljn TIL Australian Public Service leaders implemented a "blind recruitment" experiment removing all indications of gender and ethnic background on applications in order to increase diversity in the work place. It had the opposite effect, causing less women and minorities to be hired.
NXYmJ TIL that the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to celebrate JFK's birthday was irreparably damaged after Kim Kardashian wore it in 2022, even though Kardashian lost 16 pounds in 3 weeks to fit into it.