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TIL Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon is a recovering alchoholic, was penniless, and has been married multiple times.

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PYGVJ TIL there are more statues dedicated to Sacagawea, who was Lewis and Clark's native guide than any other American woman
oweE TIL there was an illegal crematorium disguised as a ceramics plant. It was discovered when a man calling in to complain about the smell said,“Don’t tell me they’re not burning bodies. I was at the ovens at Auschwitz.”
XEDvP TIL of the Leatherman, a vagabond who walked an annual 365 mile circuit in Connecticut and New York for over 30 years; he wore handmade leather clothes, slept in caves, and communicated with gestures in broken English, though he was fluent in French. His background, name, and origin are all unknown.
Bgxve TIL of Miyake events, rare bursts of cosmic radiation that create spikes in C14 detectable in tree rings.
0w7lN TIL the 1992 Rage Against the Machine track "Killing In The Name" was the 2009 UK Christmas #1 song thanks to a campaign set to prevent a song from "The X Factor" from accomplishing the feat for a 5th straight year. The band would then perform a free concert in London thanking fans for the campaign.