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TIL that astronaut Buzz Aldrin submitted a travel voucher for $31.31 after he returned from the moon

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b1Qp TIL Papa John sold his car 1983 to start up his pizza company. He later located and bought the car back in 2009.
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50nP TIL Mr. Rogers made a point of mentioning out loud when he was feeding his fish after he got a letter from a family whose blind daughter asked him to do so, because she couldn’t tell if the fish were being fed.