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

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OGyXa TIL about the Venera Program (1961-1984), the Soviet space program that set a number of achievements in space exploration, consisting of sixteen probes made. Thirteen successfully Venusian atmosphere, and ten successfully made planet fall.
y1Jl TIL Thomas Macdonald is one of the people most responsible for the American highway system. He oversaw construction of over 3.5 million miles of road, serving under seven different presidents. He has been compared to J Edgar Hoover in terms of the political power he had in Washington.
PwJO TIL that a father’s genes promote the baby’s weight in the womb, regardless of maternal health, while a mother’s genes limit the baby’s weight, regardless of fetal health, and a delicate balance is achieved via this conflict
Kpe4 TIL there’s a mental illness called Cotard Delusion in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are already dead, putrefying or don’t exist.
9wA6r TIL toilet paper wasn’t “splinter free” until the 1930’s