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TIL that the Astrodome, the world's first multi-purpose domed sports stadium, had a gaudy apartment installed by its builder and owner, Houston Judge Roy Hofheinz

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nWXb7 TIL middle class workers are looked down on for golfing
xVpZ7 TIL of the One Small Step Act, which gives legal protection to the Apollo Moon landing sites against possible inadvertent or intentional tampering. It passed the US Senate in 2019 and is awaiting a vote in the House of Representatives
Or14 TIL JFK’s brother died in Operation Aphrodite, a secret B-24 drone attack in 1944, because the explosives detonated before he bailed out of the plane
lKaV TIL that Andrew Jackson was the only president to pay off the national debt, but a depression from 1837 to 1844 caused the national debt to increase and it has not been paid in full since.
ZYZB TIL that the ‘50% of marriages end in divorce’ claim is a myth; the overall rate has never exceeded 41%, has been declining from that high since the 1980s, and the divorce rate for college graduates is probably under 25%