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TIL Neil Armstrong and the Apollo XI crew have moons on the Hollywood Walk of Fame instead of stars.

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JY4Ok TIL Iran has fast food chains Mash Donalds and Pizza Hat because McDonalds and Pizza Hut aren't allowed in the country
kOA1g TIL Central Park in New York is home to a 3500 year old Egyptian obelisk. Weighing 200 tons, it was gifted to the US in 1877 in gratitude for the US not interfering in Egyptian politics.
4Xjg6 TIL In 1980 Marienetta Jirkowsky became the youngest and last woman killed attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. Fleeing East Germany with a friend and her fiance she was shot by border guards and died at the age of 18.
P1L6L TIL that children were protected for the first time from overwork at the factories only in 1833, with UK’s Factory Act which prohibited the employment of children under nine, limited their working hours, and insisted they should receive schooling.
0wMYj TIL about "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs". It is one of the most controversial cartoons in Warner Brothers history, being one of the Censored Eleven. Because of its unflattering and stereotypical use of darky iconography, the cartoon has been rarely seen on television since its production in 1943.