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TIL when the Apollo 13 Saturn IVB upper stage impacted the Moon, the impact was picked up by seismometers put in place during Apollo 12.

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GPO5 TIL The concrete used to make the Hoover Dam is still curing to this day
Eg0Md TIL Mel Gibson was an executive producer and episode director of the 2004 ABC multi-camera sitcom, Complete Savages.
W71j9 TIL the Chinese version of instagram is literally called ‘LittleRedBook’, a pun based on Facebook and Mao’s famous book of quotes.
69VN8 TIL that German Chocolate Cake is not named for the country of Germany, but, is named for Sam German, the baker who created the German Chocolate Cake in 1852.
7rvn7 TIL that in 3rd century China, Han Emperors required anyone who addressed them to chew on Cloves first to freshen their breath