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

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lmZB TIL that people used to think the kidneys governed one’s conscience, and several Bible verses say God inspects the kidneys of the dead. Jewish tradition holds that one kidney counsels what is good, and the other what is evil.
xV6pg TIL Russians were making color photos over 100 years ago.
BrmMr TIL that we are we living in an ice age that started approximately 3 million years ago.
KYJe4 TIL Jains believe their religion began with a man who lived in India 592 quintillion years ago
7ryLb TIL the International Democrat Union, an international alliance of centre-right and conservative political parties, of which the German CDU is a memeber, is chaired by Stephen Harper, former Prime Minister of Canada.