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TIL that Buzz Aldrin punching a moon landing-denier (Bart Sibrel) in the jaw occurred after Aldrin was tricked into believing he would be appearing on a Japanese children’s television show. Sibrel had brought a film crew to record Aldrin swearing on the bible that the moon landing wasn’t faked.

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rNN7W TIL the 4 spikes on the end of a stegosaurus is called a Thagomizer
grx1X TIL that "forest" derives from the Latin "foris". It originally referred to "outside woods" - woods beyond the walls of a park or settlement.
e8G6 TIL Costco hasn’t changed the price of its $1.50 hot dog/soda combo since the mid-1980s.
xVBD5 TIL thousands of sheep died in Dugway in 1968 due to a chemical weapons test
9Y5OB TIL of Tell Abu Hureyra, oldest known farming site in the world.