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OoJXX TIL that California is named after a fictional island from a Spanish Chivalry novel, written in 1510 and supposedly located in the Indies.
8wBa TIL that there is a plan to send fertilized frozen embryos to habitable planets nearby. The newborns will be raised by robots who will build a civilization while the babies are growing.
4XZy6 TIL the first on-screen lesbian kiss on American TV came on the legal series L.A. Law in 1991
kJwvg TIL that in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, 1/5th of the state budget of Mississippi was spent on artificial limbs.
KOy4Q TIL BBC delayed the release of David Bowie's song Space Oddity due to the Moon Landing