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TIL Apollo 11 astronauts were Quarantined for 3 weeks after they landed on the Moon because of fears of spreading a “Moon Plague”

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loYRr TIL lepers lose flesh because of injuries as a result of losing their ability to feel pain
97d7 TIL The gym on the top floor of the US Supreme Court Building has a basketball court jokingly referred to as “the highest court in the land.”
OGG86 TIL that Seinfeld's lawyers allowed the real J. Peterman to review the script for every episode that featured him.
VMn4Q TIL that James Michael Tyler only got the role of Gunther the barista in 'Friends' because he was the only extra who actually knew how to use a cappuccino machine. He would go on to portray the character in 144 of the show's 238 episodes, and he still receives residuals from his work on the show.
GANjJ TIL that before the 13th amendment banned slavery, an earlier 13th amendment passed congress and was signed by Buchanan saying the government could not interfere with a state's right to have slavery. The Civil War breaking out saved it from going to the people to be ratified.