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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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JVVj TIL that Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on a “laptop,” a kind of writing desk that could fit on one’s lap.
wa06 TIL Jack Daniels employees get a free bottle of Jack on the first payday of each month.
OoOgL TIL in Japan there's a tea made to taste like the sweat of an anime girl
XEPo6 TIL of french writer Gabriel Matzneff. In spite of having described his pedophile activities and sexual tourism in several of his books, he remained sheltered from any criminal prosecution throughout his literary career and benefited from wide support within the French literary and political world.
yQGaM TIL of Odette Hallowes a British WWII Spy who was recruited when she mistakenly mailed pictures of the French coastline to the wrong dept. She was stationed in France and survived 14 interrogations by the Gestapo. (more in comments)