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TIL that officially the last words spoken on the moon were “God willing, we shall return.”, but were actually “All right, let’s get this mother out of here and go home.”.

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MeP7W TIL that Pink Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals” was loosely based off of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” but rather than satirizing communism, the album blasts capitalism
9ooB TIL Martin van Buren was the first president born in the newly formed United States, but spoke Dutch as his first language.
a8nMM TIL that "Ding Dong School," the first U.S. preschool TV show, was canceled when its star refused to let the network broadcast ads for BB guns.
4XykN TIL The common characteristics of Prader-Willi syndrome include small hands and feet, abnormal growth and body composition (small stature, very low lean body mass, and early-onset childhood obesity), hypotonia (weak muscles) at birth, insatiable hunger, extreme obesity, and intellectual disability
J1dQk TIL - Buick has sold more cars in China than the US since 2006