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TIL When Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed first time on the Moon, they honored as a Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin by leaving behind one of his medals…

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evg4 TIL in 1861 a slave took over a confederate ship and delivered it to the Union. He was then given the ship to command during the Civil War.
G8NG TIL that before becoming an actor, Jason Statham competed in the 1990 Commonwealth Games in diving, and also sold fake jewelry to make ends meet early in his modelling career.
wLemP TIL of Rebecca Chittum, a girl who was switched at birth with another girl and the mistake wasn’t discovered for 3 years. The day that the swap was realized, her biological parents died in a tragic car accident.
8a5bb TIL Ikea's friendly "touch and try" showrooms have worked too well in China. Customers napped on sofas and beds and senior groups have taken over the food court without ordering anything. The Ikea stores in China tried a "no-napping policy" but people ignored it and still napped in the store.
4boJ TIL: Scientists have discovered how to change human leukemia cells into harmless immune cells