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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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dvXj TIL - The French proposed the use of ‘Decimal’ time, with 10 hours in a day, and 100 minutes in an hour, etc.
4MZb TIL that some roller coasters are recycled by selling them and moving them to other theme parks. This is partly because a reclaimed roller coaster can cost 80% less than a new one. One roller coaster, Tsunami, has been at 4 different theme parks since 1986.
oB6go TIL a meteor had fallen in the kingdom of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and on it someone had written "The First Emperor will die and his land will be divided." When he heard this, he sent someone to investigate who did it, and when no one admitted, all the people living nearby the meteor were killed.
eOwJ TIL: Finlands current president survived 2004 tsunami in Thailand by climbing a utility pole with his son.
ELKW TIL Guy Fieri’s restaurant Guy’s American Kitchen in Times Square is the only restaurant since 2012 to receive the worst rating in a New York Times restaurant review.