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TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was “Moon”

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a84GN TIL that Francis Scott Key was the lead prosecutor in the first sedition trial in the U.S. Key charged Reuben Crandall for publishing abolitionist pamphlets deemed rebellious and persuaded the judge not to grant bail. Crandall was acquitted but died shortly after contracting tuberculosis in prison.
9YR6D TIL L Ron Hubbard holds the Guinness World Record for most books published over a lifetime, with over a thousand books.
eWRg TIL of the Edelweiss Pirates, a youth group in Nazi Germany dedicated to opposing the Hitler Youth. Their resistance included spreading Ally propaganda in Germany, aiding German deserters, and even starting street fights with the Hitler Youth whenever possible.
1aWGr TIL despite the title of the 1990 novel and 1993 movie "Jurassic Park", most of the dinosaurs depicted in these sources were from the Cretaceous period, not Jurassic.
4kr06 TIL about Operation Flagship: A sting operation where invitations to claim NFL tickets were sent to wanted fugitives. The operation resulted in 101 captured fugitives.