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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/swagatmishra543 on 2024-11-20 16:56:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that The Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t get life insurance before their mission, so they came up with a brilliant hack: they signed hundreds of autographs. These “insurance autographs” were given to their families, who could sell them if the mission ended in tragedy.