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TIL an Australian news anchor wore the same suit every day for a year and no one noticed

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7pL7 TIL North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il claimed he finished a par 72 golf course in just 34 strokes, managing a world record five holes-in-one, making him the best golfer in the history of the world. It was also the first time he has ever golfed.
0vy5 TIL: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin almost died on the moon due to a faulty switch. As a result, they were unable to blast off into lunar orbit so Buzz Alrdin had to fix the issue by jamming a pen into the broken switch
VDDp TIL that Julius Caesar and Cleopatra had a child together name Caesarion, which translates to “little caesar”
wogxW TIL that Royal Navy nuclear submarines monitor BBC Radio 4 broadcasts, and if the signal is interrupted, it allegedly indicates the UK is under nuclear attack.
vPBw8 TIL that the fan made Garfield strip Jon Snaps is based on the June 26th, 2005 strip.