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TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mom’s maiden name was Moon

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e885 TIL That the heart of the Buddhist Monk, Thik Quan Duc, who burnt himself to death remained completely intact, even after he was later re-cremated for his funeral.
D10wY TIL President LBJ thought Nixon's back-channel communications to S.Vietnam government were treasonous (Nixon secretly told the S.Vietnamese to stop the Vietnam War peace talks with President LBJ, and wait until Nixon gets elected to get a "better deal".)
DQxop TIL the first Commonwealth solider lost in WWI (English Pvt. John Parr on Aug. 21, 1914) is buried in the same cemetery as the last soldier lost (Canadian Pvt. George Lawrence Price on Nov. 11, 1918).
NXXQN TIL testicles make several million sperm per day — about 1,500 per second.
VBxZ TIL Britain forgot about a 50,000 pound bomb that never went off - only to have it be hit by lightning 20 years later, unleashing its destruction on…a cow