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TIL the first food and drink consumed on the Moon was communion by Buzz Aldrin

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E0MV TIL in the early 1930s, Stalin killed about 3.3 million Soviet Ukrainians under a plan to kill peasants in order to seize their land. After starving in mass numbers as a result of Stalin’s orders, Stalin blamed Ukrainians and used this as a pretext for even harsher measures.
N8d1 TIL that, while filming an episode of a reality TV show in Doncaster prison, chef Gordon Ramsay was so impressed by the speed at which a prisoner chopped vegetables that Ramsay offered him a job at his restaurant following his release in 2007
ZpppQ TIL that 2.5% of the human body is metals (1.55 kg for the average adult)
KlKR TIL: As late as 1985 there was still 26 states with no drunk driving laws. You could map a 3,700 mile drive from Key West in Florida to the Idaho - Canada border. That would allow you to legally drink the whole drive.
OonD7 TIL Sylvester Stallone was so broke while developing Rocky that he had to sell his dog because he couldn't afford dog food