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TIL Project A119, a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the United States Air Force, the aim of which was to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon as a show of force to the USSR. A young Carl Sagan worked on the project.

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R7vQ7 TIL: The term "Mad as a Hatter" was originated back in the early 1800s in Denton, Tameside (which is in northern England), where hat makers used mercury in their hat making process. The mercury in the hats would cause dementia in wearers due to the mercury leaking into the body.
Lk9L9 TIL: Nearly a third of homicides go unsolved in the US each year
A8Vd TIL that there is only one country where a Coca-Cola owned brand is not the best selling soft drink. That country is Scotland, where the most popular soft drink is Irn-Bru.
K4jE TIL that in 2015, 1000 musicians played ‘learn to fly’ by foo fighters together in the town of Cesena, Italy in an effort to get the band to come to their town and play. The band responded and came to the town to play a 27-song-set, starting off with 'learn to fly’
ddE8 TIL that Disneyland uses stray cats to fend off mice.