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TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s first words on the Moon were “Beautiful view.”

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MePZ8 TIL the Rocky Mountains locust has the Guinness world record for the largest animal gathering in the world and is mysteriously extinct one century ago.
QNyXE TIL that after the Portuguese dictator Salazar went into coma, he was dismissed as Prime Minister. When he emerged from it and recovered lucidity, no one wanted to tell him he had been removed from power, instead he was allowed to "rule" in privacy until his death 2 years later
neJno TIL if you have a shellfish allergy you should avoid eating edible insects, as they’re closely related and have some of the same proteins which cause shellfish allergies.
b9xlj TIL that horses actually sweat!
yQWe TIl that Krakatoa’s eruption, alongside being the loudest sound ever heard, was 13,000 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, and killed approximately 36,000 people.