Here's a lesser known moon landing story (taken from a twitter thread)
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decline (aka Decline)
Jul 18 '19, 09:32
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In March 1964, David Threlfall (26) of Preston, UK wrote to betting company William Hill to ask if he could bet £10 that a man will set foot on the moon before the Jan 1 1970.
William Hill offered him odds of 1000-1.
The final terms of the bet were settled as:
“.. a man, woman or child from any nation on Earth being on the Moon or any other planet, star or heavenly body of comparable distance from the Earth before January 1971.”
On July 21 1969, he collected a cheque for £10,000 (in today’s money £161,688 or $166,932) on live TV.
One of the first things he bought with the money was an E-Type Jaguar sports car.
16 months later, he died after crashing the sports car he bought with the winnings.
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