Nixon gave Cyprus a piece of the moon. Then a coup made it disappear.

Nixon gave Cyprus a piece of the moon. Then a coup made it disappear.

After Apollo 11, Richard Nixon had NASA make 250 commemorative plaques, each holding about four rice-sized specks of moon dust mounted next to a flag that had flown to the moon and back. In 1970, one went to Cyprus, along with all 135 other countries, all 50 US states, and the UN. — Read the rest The post Nixon gave Cyprus a piece of the moon. Then a coup made it disappear. appeared first on Boing Boing.