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TIL that while Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin was the first man to pee on the moon.

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0xwL TIL of the Rosenthal Effect: Telling a teacher a student is smart changes how the teacher interacts with the student - and in one study, raised childrens’ IQ by 25 points in tests 9 months apart
gM9ey TIL 7/11 is named after their 'new' hours of 7am-11pm which were unprecedented in 1946, and they didn't experiment with 24-hour stores until 1963.
YmlA TIL John Cena holds the record for wishes granted with the Make-A-Wish foundation by any celebrity at over 400
W76wo TIL Nolan Bushnell, the inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, also founded another company: Chuck E. Cheese
R5K56 TIL: Medieval feasts generally had no forks and guests uses their hands a knife to eat. Retainers would bring fresh bowls of water and towels. Dishes were made for pairs and the lesser of the two did cutting. Children also drank beer weak in alcohol content as water was less clean than beer.