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TIL the Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t get life insurance (for some reason), so they signed autographs for their families to sell in case they didn’t return.

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new8Y TIL During the American Revolutionary War more Americans lost their lives from neglect aboard British prison ships in New York Bay than died in all the battles of the war
PYRve TIL that the average clean home probably has 20-40 spiders in it, but they generally stay hidden. Very old homes could have thousands.
v1ZVK TIL the Keyboard Cat meme video, though uploaded to youtube in 2007, was actually recorded in 1984
8eapa TIL cry rooms were an amenity movie theaters had starting in the 1940s. These were small areas at the back of a theater where those with unruly kids could continue to watch the film. The presence of these rooms declined greatly by the 1970s due to the rise of multiplex theaters.
woNm7 TIL that dung beetles find their way around at night by using the stars to navigate.