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TIL the Mall of America is owned by Canadians

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wLV1W TIL during the first part of the Apollo program it was assumed that Mars would be the next phase after the Moon, so initial plans were created for a rocket larger than the Saturn V, called "Nova".
PYMrO TIL Paul Bettany proposed to Jennifer Connelly after 9/11. The two were not dating at the time. They’ve been married since 2003.
YpV6v TIL that dragonfly-like Meganeuropsis permiana which flew around 300 million years ago was 1.5 feet long with a wingspan of 2.5 feet. The biggest insect that has ever existed. If we cloned one today, it would probably suffocate because it needed the 30% Oxygen atmosphere present then (20% now).
KOka TIL Nazi Germany disrupted the viewing of the anti-war movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” by releasing rats in theaters
b90np TIL of the Isla Bermeja. A Mexican island appearing on maps since 1535 which, in 1990, no longer existed. Not quite "it was gone", more "there was no proof it EVER existed.