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TIL the FBI purposely facilitated a lot of the ‘terrorists’ they seemingly foiled

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GYEoQ TIL the first food and drink consumed on the Moon was communion by Buzz Aldrin
aJ8y TIL that the CEO of Netflix once said that Blockbuster was throwing everything at them, but the kitchen sink. The next day he received a kitchen sink from the CEO of Blockbuster.
VMMmm TIL that there is a company that records the random movement of lava lamps to generate random numbers for encryption services
x6685 TIL that the green revolution of the 1950s and 60s led to the widespread reduction--and in some places elimination--of famine and food insecurity. One leading figure in the revolution, Norman Borlaug, is credited with saving at least 1 billion people from starvation.
bDn0 TIL in Arthurian legend Arthur’s helmet was called ‘Goosewhite’, his lance was called 'Ron’ and his battlecry was 'Clarence!’