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TIL that in 1969, it would have been harder to fake the moon landings then actually landing on the moon

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1EAO TIL there is an unreleased experimental Russian film where nobody on set was allowed to admit they were part of a movie production. Everyone had to pretend they were living in the 50’s for three whole years. The entire set was even wired to reproduce the effect of living under the Soviet regime.
6E48m TIL that the steady increase in sales and popularity of bacon in the United States since 2011 has been referred to as "Bacon Mania" with 65% of Americans supporting making bacon their "national food"
69lLW TIL Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, wrote the novel Lullaby to cope with having participated in the decision to give the death sentence to his father's murderer, a man named Dale Shackelford.
nWLoP TIL about unit 731, a Japanese prison camp that engaged in biological and chemical warfare experimentation that resulted in over 10,000 deaths
ADgdw TIL that the source of the mythical Jackalope may have been a virus that causes rabbits produce horn-like growths.