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TIL that planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker is the only human in history to have their ashes buried on the moon

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ADO6n TIL that in 2007 Paris Hilton was banned from attending Oktoberfest because locals felt she would cheapen the event as they did not appreciate how she was trying to promote her canned wine!
rRbVx TIL of Rinderpest: A virus seen in cows and other ungulates that's been totally eradicated throughout the entire world.
y4ra TIL a Brazillian billionaire announced, inspired by the Egyptian Pharaohs, that he will bury his $450,000 car with him. After receiving anger reactions from the media he posted: “It’s absurd to bury something much more valuable than a Bentley: your organs. I am an organ donor. And you?”
vaDK TIL that a person who deals with and persists through difficulty or hardship without complaint is a trouper, not a trooper
Oo6ma TIL that female betta fish can actually live together peacefully, and a group of them is called a sorority.