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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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eppJE TIL coding RollerCoaster Tycoon in the late 1990s required significant optimization of PC power and memory constraints at the time. Per designer Chris Sawyer, letting guests drown was simply easier than programming the alternative of allowing them to swim to shore.
4Xlko TIL that constantly day dreaming and using it to distract from the real world is an actual mental illness called maladaptive daydreaming.
gJ0L TIL when recovering and removing debris from the fallen Twin Towers, excavators found a wooden ship dating back to the revolutionary war era. Some artifacts from this ship can be seen in the 9/11 museum.
v1w44 TIL that May 14 is the feast day of St. Corona. She is the patron saint of butchers. Austrian farmers used to pray to her for protecting their livestock from contagious diseases.
Y7k6A TIL on March 15, 2011, 51-year-old William Melchert-Dinkel went online under screen names like "Cami" and "Falcongirl" encouraging people to commit suicide. Those who were interested he would instruct them step by step. He admitted to assisting in the deaths of 5 people but was only convicted for 2.