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

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nWBDB TIL Light travels at a constant speed of 1,079,252,848.8 (1.07 billion) km per hour. That works out to 299,792,458 m/s, or about 670,616,629 mph (miles per hour)
1OkP TIL that Ghengis Khan’s conquests killed so many people, it increased the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere.
b9Lxj TIL that Mind, the mental health charity, has helped almost 16 million people this year seeking advice. Their work is lifesaving.
JYByl TIL that when Auschwitz camp commander Rudolf Höss was accused of murdering three and a half million people during a trial, Höss replied, "No. Only two and one half million—the rest died from disease and starvation."
p86M4 TIL that bad driving led Australian Police to a $140 million drug bust in Sydney. A man had driven his drug-filled van into an empty patrol car, then sped off. Police caught him an hour later. They found 270 kg of meth in the van.