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TIL the astronauts of Apollo 11 received a per diem of $8 a day for their mission to the moon.

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L1ep TIL The idiom, “whatever can go wrong will go wrong”, better known as Murphy’s law, was named after an actual person. Captain Edward A. Murphy, an engineer for the U.S Army. This saying was coined after his repeated problems with his G force experiment.
wGx1 TIL There is a 300 year old Tibetan manuscript that has been translated as follows: “The Yeti is a variety of bear living in inhospitable mountainous areas.”
Wkedo TIL 129 million Americans have only one option for broadband internet service in their area – equating to about 40 percent of the country.
4kL9g TIL about Alice in wonderland syndrome. A neurological condition in which one’s perception of their body image, time, or space is distorted. AIWS may also cause hallucinations, sensory distortion, and an altered sense of velocity.
6PaY TIL that King Zog I of Albania survived an estimated 55 assassination attempts. During one of these attempts on his life, he personally returned fire, and is noted as being the only modern leader to ever do so.