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TIL astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the moon, repeating Galileo’s gravity experiment

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41EX TIL the word “sanction” is an auto-antonym, a word with two contradicting meanings. It means both to approve of an action, and to penalize for an offense.
W7J0Y TIL Loofahs are actually plants
VMvMD TIL that during the Lewis & Clark expedition Sacagawea was reunited with her brother Cameahwait, the "Great Chief" of the Lemhi Shoshones. This led to generous aid including selling horses, carrying cargo, sharing knowledge of the Bitterroot Mountains and the Columbia River, and supplying a guide.
gMV5L TIL that a fake city of 30,000 was built in Tennessee during World War II as a front for a nuclear research facility
Ooev7 TIL after finding a bloodied and dazed 14 year old boy with a drilled hole in his head, police returned him to the serial killer he just escaped from, assuming it was just a quarrel between two lovers