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TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.

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QJ4Qa TIL in 1956 writer Harper Lee received an envelope from family and friends with a year’s salary in it. it read “you have one year off from your job to write whatever you want. Merry Christmas.” She wrote to Kill a Mockingbird which won the Pulitzer Prize and sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
awVLA TIL that North Korea has a list of 375 state-approved slogans and catchphrases, one of which being "Let us construct additional pylons!"
1a4bW TIL that former US Presidents can be elected again if they were only elected for 1 term. Jimmy Carter is the only living, former US President that could technically be President again.
rR754 TIL that rats masturbate
EoaP TIL that CAPTCHA is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”