TIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders. - eviltoast

I love that ‘moon’ is written under ‘place.’

  • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Back then, everything was done through a travel agent and they often got kickbacks if you took certain routes. No doubt some agents got a bonus for routing them so circuitously.