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TIL Buzz Aldrin was the first man to curse on the moon when he said to Neil Armstrong “Bloody hell, I’ve just taken a shit in my space suit.”

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WkppY TIL the slogan “Don’t Mess With Texas” came from a 1985 campaign aimed at reducing litter on Texas Roadways.
v9br TIL To put an end to the 2002 Nord-Ost siege in Moscow Russian officials decided to use a classified gas to put everyone inside asleep but the gas killed over 100 of the hostages while Russian officials would not tell doctors what was used in the gas.
QJNNp TIL Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, married two 14 year old girls. One of them said: "he said to me, ‘If you will take this step, it will ensure your eternal salvation & exaltation and that of your father’s household & all of your kindred.' This promise was so great that I willingly gave myself."
wLjDY TIL While filming Schindler’s List, Steven Spielberg called Robin Williams to do stand up over the phone for 15 minutes everyday to cheer him up. Also, some of Williams material ended up as dialog for his role in Aladdin as the Genie.
Oo8VL TIL of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect, coined by Michael Crichton after discussions with Nobel-Prize winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann, which defines the idea that, "I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get wrong."