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TIL: Billie Joe Armstrong, of the band Greenday, is the great nephew of Neil Armstrong, of the Moon

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jNlEv TIL that there is an alive 'castrato'. Javier Medina was chemically castrated due to leukemia at the age of 8 years, later in life he began his musical formation in choirs becoming the first castrato the the world has heard in almost a century.
40ko TIL The first choice to play Doc Brown in “Back to the Future” was John Lithgow. After he became unavailable, Christopher Lloyd was cast to fill the part.
lwP7 TIL that in the UK, top lager companies remove and readd specific minerals to the water used in their brewing process - so that the taste of their beer is consistent. This is why locally brewed beers vary in taste depending on where you are in the country.
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