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TIL Michael Jackson did not perform the first moonwalk.

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GYdpN TIL US Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin wanted the US to ratify the UN Genocide Convention. He gave a speech on the need to ratify it each day the Senate was in session from 1967-1986 (a total of 3,211 times) until the US Senate finally ratified it on Feb. 11th, 1986 in an 83-11 vote.
EOWW TIL there is a man with amnesia who has gone unidentified for 10 years despite international publicity. He is also the only American citizen listed as a missing person despite his whereabouts being known.
kJ65g TIL Domestic Dogs are the only species to understand pointing gestures!
m15mO TIL of Julio Nivelo, who in 2016, stole a bucket of gold from an armoured truck, which was parked in Manhattan. Seeing, the van was guarded by only two guys, one of whom was the driver, Julio said, he felt like the pail belonged to him.
p8RY4 TIL a Scottish man fasted for 382 days, living on vitamin supplements and non-caloric beverages. He was morbidly obese, weighing 456 pounds, and lost 276 pounds. The fast was monitored by doctors, who detected no ill-effects. He never regained the weight. It was the longest recorded fast in history.