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TIL Neil Armstrong had to fill out a US customs declaration when he returned from the moon

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d8AAK TIL that in 1969, the University of Washington broke up a student protest by having some farmers "accidentally" release angry bees.
PGRg TIL that the reason almost all public restrooms have what are called open front toilet seats, (u-shaped), is to “allow women to wipe the perineal area after using the toilet without contacting the seat".
ADY8w TIL Winona Ryder was beat up as a child by bullies for looking like a feminine boy and was then kicked out of the school instead of the bullies. She ran into one bully years later and the bully asked for her autograph, to which she gloriously denied.
awknb TIL Buster Keaton was an international mega silent movie star, but broke down after sound movies took over. He became an alcoholic and was institutionalized in a mental ward but escaped his strait jacket using techniques he learned from Houdini. He then married his nurse but had no memory of it.
VMm1D TIL about Gloria Ramirez “The Toxic Lady” who in 1994 had a strange effect on the hospital staff...