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TIL The first food and drink to be consumed on the Moon was when Bull Aldrin held a religious ceremony and privately took communion.

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XJ4D TIL that people in Rome who wanted to kill themselves could apply to the Senate, and if their reasons were judged sound they were then given hemlock for free
mxJ6R TIL in 1942 the BBC issued an appeal for postcards and photographs of the coast of Europe from Norway to the Pyrenees. It was actually an intelligence gathering exercise, they were sent to the War Office to help determine a suitable location (Normandy) for the eventual D-Day landings of 1944.
AD6yn TIL - During WW1 the UK and Canada had battalions comprised entirely of men between 4'-10" and 5'-3" tall known as the Bantam Battalions.
1aaWP TIL: In Feb. 2016 CA SB-1463 proposed laws to mitigate wildfire risks posed by overhead power lines. It passed House & Senate unanimously. Gov Brown vetoed it. California had the deadliest wildfires in history, caused by overhead power lines.
XkBk TIL many were critical of Eminem for his homophobic, violent, and misogynistic lyrics. But as a show of support Elton John performed “Stan” with Eminem at the 2001 Grammys, saying that he recognized Eminem’s songs to be written from the perspective of the deranged Slim Shady.