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TIL Neil Armstrong claims he said “One small step for A man…” but the “A” was dropped in transmission

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PY5lL TIL it was common in medieval England to sell your wife to another man since divorce was prohibitively expensive
kE8d TIL that fans continue to throw pizzas onto the roof of the house featured in “Breaking Bad” as Walter White’s house.
9YP7M TIL BBC World Service carried out a poll in 19 different nations. Only 4 nations believed the US was doing more good than harm in the world (US, Nigeria, Kenya, and India). All European nations had an overwhelming negative opinion of the US. The worst was Russia. Second was Spain.
4XrWw TIL that A Kansas man asked an Iowa judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney in a trial by combat in order to settle their ongoing legal dispute.
8aAAG TIL that after losing a son to drug-related suicide, Carroll O'Connor publicly outed his son's dealer, and pushed for a law allowing families and employers to sue drug dealers to recover losses and costs of drug treatment