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KYMGJ TIL that Margaret Hamilton, Computer Scientist, who is known for 'Leading the team that created the on-board flight software' for the Apollo missions, wasn't even hired until after the completed software had already flown to the moon in Apollo 8.
4X8dX TIL the name “California” comes from a 16th-century romance novel popular among the Spanish explorers who “discovered” the west coast.
kJaad TIL about Project Azorian: The C.I.A.'s secret submarine retrieval mission. After a Russian submarine crashed a millionaire helped them secretly build a ship with a giant claw game on the bottom of it, complete with over three miles of pipe to lower the claw.
epM1b TIL Sarah Josepha Hale, the author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," campaigned for decades to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, writing to five presidents. Lincoln finally agreed in 1863.
eKl5 TIL that Mormon missionaries are no longer allowed to come to Switzerland