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TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s last name was Moon.

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KOpE6 TIL that King Louis XVI was condemned to death by a majority of only 1 vote. Amongst those who voted in favor of the execution was the king's own cousin, Philippe Égalité, whom the king did not have positive relations with. Philippe himself would be guillotined on the same scaffold a year later.
Qvde TIL 40 days and 40 nights from the Bible wasn’t literally 40 days and 40 nights - 40 was just an ancient hebrew expression used to describe a non-specific long period of time
LQ7br TIL that the world’s first traffic lights, installed outside London’s Houses of Parliament in 1868, were gas-lit. They used semaphore arms by day and lamps at night, operated by a policeman. Weeks later they exploded, injuring him. Traffic lights weren’t tried again in Britain for almost 60 years.
WVLL TIL John F Kennedy purchased 1,200 Cuban cigars before ordering the US trade embargo on Cuba
ADOw7 TIL Elvis Presley actually died from an autoimmune disorder caused from multiple traumatic brain injuries