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TIL Neil Armstrong always insisted he said, "That's one small step for a man" when he landed on the moon.

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6Ed67 TIL the U.S. Census Bureau removed Central and South American as options, because people from the Midwest and the South would mistakenly pick them.
Oo9p4 TIL of Joe Ekins, a Sherman Firefly gunner, who had never fired his gun in combat before, destroyed 3 Tiger tanks in 12 minutes.
xaQw TIL that in science a theory can never be “upgraded” to a law. They are entirely separate concepts.
OoQlg TIL Prisoners in Paris (1719) were set free on the condition they married prostitutes and moved to Louisiana in the United States
ZpA6R TIL that the 46th ranked women's single table tennis player in the entire world (and also part of the 10th ranked women's doubles team in the world) recently celebrated her 60th birthday (yes SIXTY).