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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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8PDX TIL the swedish writer Astrid Lindgren had to pay 102% tax in 1974. She wrote a satirical short story about it, which likely changed the outcome of the upcoming election.
9YJdp TIL British prime minister Harold Wilson was so unliked by senior members of the army and MI5 that there allegedly were discussions about a military coup against the government in 1974
dDJAd TIL that Nintendo created Mario because they could not secure the licensing rights to use Popeye as a character in their Donkey Kong video game.
9oED TIL that Bob Newhart tried defending country music fans by saying “I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do; and for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down.’”
nWLjd Today I learned Berry Gordy, founder of Mo Town Records, is a blood-related distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter as a consequence of slavery.