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TIL that the fabric and wood pieces from the Wright Brothers airplane were flown on the Apollo 11 mission and were in the lunar module Eagle that landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr.

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gMa0X The fuel tanks of an A320 can hold around 27,000l of jet fuel. Enough to keep your car running for at least 10 years!
j6kdM TIL Michael Crichton was 6’9” and graduated from Harvard Medical School.
RAX8 TIL that KIC 8462852 is a star that might contain advanced civilization, as there so far as been no other explanation for it’s behavior.
WjpB TIL that one of Charlie Chaplin’s daughter’s, Geraldine Chaplin, played Charlie Chaplin’s mother in the Robert Downey Jour movie “Chaplin”
NkDE TIL that WHO barred the US-based International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) from taking part in ‘WHO activities setting microbiological or chemical standards for food and water’ because 60 per cent of ILSI’s budget comes from ‘hundreds of chemical, food and drug companies’