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TIL of Thales of Miletus, a pre-Socratic individual credited with being the first philosopher ever, the first person to accurately predict a solar eclipse, and the first person in history to receive credit for a mathematical discovery.

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wL06E TIL on Michael Collins during Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, he was afraid of media focus if the mission failed , if he returned alone to Earth, & he was concerned about his mice companion not getting sick on quarantine back home.
d87kK TIL (realized) that Snoop Dogg got his name from Snoopy the dog
R5DY7 TIL of Cordyceps sinesis or caterpillar fungus, which parasitizes larvae of ghost moths and produces an edible fruiting body which is valued in traditional Chinese medicine as an aphrodisiac.
OLA4 TIL that a high school teacher successfully indoctrinated his class into a pseudo-fascist movement to show how Nazi idealism spread across Germany during WWII.
Bgrny TIL of Samuel Upham, a Philadelphia merchant who printed over $15 million Confederate dollars from 1862-63. The fake notes widely circulated in the South. When investigated by the US Government, his case was dismissed as it's not illegal to counterfeit currency of a country not recognized by the US.