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TIL Buzz Aldrin punched a moon-landing hoax believer in the face.

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Jxm8 TIL the term “waffle” (meaning blather or to be indecisive) is not based on the food. It actually comes “waff” which is the 17th century version of “woof,” - the implication being the speaker’s words have as much meaning as a dog barking.
Ypk0d TIL that Saskatchewan, Canada became the first jurisdiction in North America to recognize the Holodomor, in which ~7.5 million ethnic Ukrainians were starved under Stalin's Soviet regime
BgBwW TIL that whales and sturgeon found in the United Kingdom are automatically designated as the personal property of the monarch.
KYJe4 TIL Jains believe their religion began with a man who lived in India 592 quintillion years ago
YpJ6G TIL that tonic water contains Quinine, a medication originlly used to treat malaria and babesiosis, which also glows under a UV light.