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TIL that we never see blue skies from the moon not because the space people/machines only take photos at night but because the moon never had one due to the lack of an atmosphere.

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GAWLJ TIL that all Ashkenazi Jews are at most 30th cousins because of a genetic bottleneck about 700 years ago.
Ek8V TIL The white elephant gift exchange’s name is derived from a revenge tactic the King of Siam used to financially ruin those that displeased him.
b9Mr4 TIL of Martin Guerre, a French peasant in the 16th century, who was at the center of a famous case of imposture. Several years after he had left, a man claiming to be him appeared. He lived with his wife and son for three years, until he was suspected and tried. Guerre appeared during the trial.
9YVPB TIL English actor David Bradley, famous for playing Argus Filch in the Harry Potter movies and Sir Walder Frey in Game of Thrones, is also an accomplished stage actor who won a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in a production of King Lear.
GYVLj TIL that following the crash of a commercial airplane he owned that killed all 223 passengers, three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda investigated the crash and found that thrust reversers caused it, he got Boeing to admit fault and change the design of the 767 airplane