It is a bit lengthy but well worth a watch

This was how I knew it was a Technology Connections video before I clicked haha. His stuff is always so informative and interesting.

Here’s a good explainer:

What is tidal locking? https://phys.org/news/2015-11-tidal.html

Basically, the moon acted like a spinning (unbalanced) wheel, and eventually stopped with the “heavy” side pointing “down” towards Earth. I.e. think of the moon as orbiting Earth with the heavy side staying pointed at Earth.