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TIL the Moon is moving 4cm away from Earth every year

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OnWL TIL that in 1967 a California teacher, in trying to teach his students how the German public supported the Nazi government during the 1930’s and 1940’s, created a faux-facist student movement to show them facism’s allure. In three days membership jumped from his class of 30 to over 200 students.
p8ZO8 TIL An astronaut smuggled a corned-beef sandwich into space. After taking a bite, crumbs and rye started floating around the cabin. It has been referred to as '$30 million sandwich.' NASA have taken steps to prevent corned-beef sandwiches from being taken on future flights.
epB85 TIL At age 9, Sorbono Bari became the youngest professor in the world and also nominated for a Nobel prize. Harvard University recognised him as a scientist when he was 6
RGOw TIL Saddam Hussein kept a torture chamber in the basement of the Iraqi mission on the Upper East Side of NYC across the street from Michael Bloomberg’s house. People who died there had their bodies mailed back to Iraq in diplomatic shipments.
gmmW TIL that during the “Bailout” in 2008/09, the Federal Reserve lent out $16 TRILLION dollars directly to banks.