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TIL shortly after returning from the moon and leaving NASA, Buzz Aldrin had a failed career as an Air Force test pilot, started drinking, had an affair, suffered depression, got divorced, got re-married, got divorced again, and became a Cadillac salesman where he failed to sell a car for 6 months.

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WKw8 TIL Tarantulas own pets. They take frogs, and bring them back to their hovels to keep as pets. They take their legs, gently stroke the frog’s back, and pat the frog on its head, and lightly scratch behind the earholes. The frog will eat harmfull insects for the Tarantula
wdwP TIL There are over 250 million years of geological data missing from rock layers. This is called the Great Unconformity.
QXxL TIL in Iceland, there’s a traditional bread that you can bake in a pot by burying it in the ground near a hot spring.
AD7lx TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was not excited about making 'The Terminator'. An interviewer asked him about a pair of shoes he had, which belonged to the wardrobe for The Terminator, Schwarzenegger responded to the interviewer saying "Oh some sh*t movie I'm doing, take a couple weeks."
7rDjp TIL that there is exactly one place in the British Isles to have a name with an exclamation point in its name.