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TIL That during the english broadcast of the Apollo 11 moon landing Pink floyd was the background music, jamming live in the BBC studios.

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KJW4 TIL the word “natural” on food bags is not regulated by the FDA, and can be a complete lie
0G4A TIL Star Trek’s James Doohan (‘Scotty’) prevented a fan from committing suicide. His support and encouragement inspired her to go back to school and become an electronics engineer.
l774G TIL Sake is more like beer than wine. Beer = water, yeast, hops, malted grain. Sake = water, yeast, rice fermented by Koji fungus (same stuff that turns soybeans into miso)
dvXj TIL - The French proposed the use of ‘Decimal’ time, with 10 hours in a day, and 100 minutes in an hour, etc.
YpKRd TIL about The Really Terrible Orchestra, founded by author Alexander McCall Smith in 1995. It exists for the musically challenged aka. "those who have been prevented from playing music through lack of talent".