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TIL a Dutch teenager who was going bungee jumping in Spain fell to her death when the instructor who had poor English said “no jump” but she thought he said “now jump”

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ZpGjB TIL that if Apollo 11 had failed to land on the Moon, Apollo 12 was prepared to launch just 2 months later. However, with the success of Apollo 11, the time between launches was extended to 4 months with Apollo 12 landing on the moon November 19, 1969.
Bdmy TIL The crew of Apollo 11 left a satchel on the surface of the moon containing medals to commemorate Yuri Gagarin for being the first man in space
b6YVE TIL: Eumachia was a Roman business woman and priestess, being one of the few wealthy women of the time and funded many public buildings under the practice of euergetism, which is the practice in which high status/wealthy distribute their wealth to the community. Her statue is in the Naples Museum.
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VMwAZ TIL that instead of donating money to the New York Food Bank, Toyota asked its engineers to improve its efficiency, cutting waiting times from 90 to 18 minutes. Toyota has also provided 1 million meals for Hurricane Katrina victims.