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TIL Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon.

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rR7MM TIL that the 1980s pop song 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' was banned from being broadcast on the BBC between 1990 and 1991 because it was feared to have anti-Gulf War themes
ANXEa TIL Jerry West was a 10-time 1st Team All-NBA member, making him the only player in league history to make that many All-NBA 1st Teams without taking home at least one league MVP award, he was runner-up a record four times.
loORV TIL: The voice of Toy Story's Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks in the films) in video games and commercials belongs to Hanks' younger brother Jim. Apart from this, Jim is in a few running scenes as Tom's character in Forrest Gump, and he was also Tom's stunt double in 2011's Larry Crowne.
XEmDj TIL that only one actor has ever earned a REGOT (Razzie, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards): actress Liza Minnelli.
BEgD TIL the highest earning sportsman in history is a Roman chariot racer called Gaius Appuleius Diocles, who earned, in today’s money, $15billion