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TIL When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon, they honored cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin by leaving behind one of his medals

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1E5W TIL in the 2009 Philippines floods a teenager named Muelmar Magallanes saved 30 lives. After leaping into the rushing waters to save his family from danger, he repeatedly jumped back in to save others, including a trapped mother and baby, until too tired to fight the current he was swept away.
PYe9L TIL George Carlin narrated four seasons of "Thomas the Tank Engine"
75w7 TIL Chris Farley was supposed to be the voice of Shrek and had finished recording almost all of his lines when he died, and he was replaced with Mike Myers. Later, Myers had to re-record all of his lines when he decided to give Shrek a Scottish accent.
OoRYa TIL that 85-90% of cancers are due to people's environment and lifestyles
vE6D TIL Inspired by American independence, revolutionaries declared a United States of Belgium in 1790, but it was crushed by the Holy Roman Emperor in less than a year.