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TIL that Gene Cernan promised his daughter that he’d write her initials on the moon. He did and they will be there for tens of thousands of years

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nApG TIL that during the making of ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ the Coen brothers had someone on set just to catch snakes using a golf club. When asked what to call somebody with this profession, he said 'an idiot.’
ZA94 TIL there is a store in Alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports
lorm7 TIL that the simulation black hole in the movie Interstellar ended up actually deepening our understanding of black holes and adding to the scientific community
b6mP7 TIL a depressed man built a secret room within his bedroom containing a homemade guillotine with a timer, took sleeping pills, and set the timer to kill himself without his father knowing what he was doing for months. He was successful.
QNGJ9 TIL that the band Tenacious D got their name from NBA commentator Walt Frazier's phrase for when players played tough defense.