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TIL Neil Armstrong saved a bag of parts from the Eagle, the spacecraft he flew to the first lunar landing. It is believed he didn't tell anyone of it's existence and it wasn't discovered until his wife cleaned out his closet after he died.

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Jno8 TIL in Canada you can get up to 14 years in prison for telling or suggesting to someone that they should kill themselves but only 5 years if you threaten to kill them yourself (see section 241 & section 264.1 of the criminal code)
xVAxg TIL the Los Angeles Lakers drafted Vlade Divac in 1989 to replace Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In 2004, they signed him again to replace Shaquille O'Neal.
QJmnM TIL that a middle school football coach in Oregon was fired for trying to take his team to Hooters to celebrate the end of the season.
KYXM4 TIL illegally dumped hydrocarbons caused a Friday February 13, 1981 series of explosions which destroyed more than 13 miles (21 km) of sewer lines and streets in the center of Louisville, Kentucky.
gMG7X TIL every year Warsaw stands still to commemorate the Warsaw Uprising