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TIL that for 23 Years The French Have Been Building A Real Medieval Castle Using Only Medieval Construction Techniques

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E1Y0p TIL there is only one photo of Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission but his back is to the camera, rendering it unusable & as a result, all of the widely circulated/most iconic photos of an Apollo 11 astronaut on the moon are actually of Buzz Aldrin.
woxG1 TIL about the Japanese dish known as "Shirouo no Odorigui". The "Shirouo", or "Ice Goby", are small translucent fish that are served in a shot glass while still alive and drunk with a dash of soy sauce.
mgeR TIL in 1964 white business leaders in Atlanta refused to buy tickets to an event honoring recent Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King. Coca-Cola recognized the potential PR disaster and threatened to leave the city unless people attended. The event sold out the next day.
0ZL1 TIL that two-thirds of UK teenagers don’t believe in God
XAME TIL that during the depression era Hobos had a set of symbols that they would draw to warn other hobos about their surroundings.