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TIL the fact that Neil Armstrong was to be the first to walk on the moon was inadvertently decided by the LEM designers, who placed the inward swinging hatch's hinge on its right side. When opened, the hatch blocked the pilot seat and meant Aldrin could only leave after Armstrong exited the lander.

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N701E TIL That the urine from a diabetic contains so much sugar that it can be purified and made into whiskey.
v544 TIL that spaghetti carbonara was once considered a poor man’s dish because the 3 main ingredients were things the peasants were always certain to have on hand: bacon, a little cheese, and eggs
B4DD TIL the burial site of Genghis Khan has still not been found. The funeral escort allegedly killed anyone and anything that could haves witnessed the location of the emperor’s final resting place. The slaves that built the tomb were also slaughtered, as were the soldiers that murdered them..
X0nXP TIL Morrissey had security search his fans for meat products on the way into one of his gigs in 2011. Morrissey who is vegetarian, had previously stopped a gig because someone was throwing sausages at him
16xOX TIL about the Gish Gallop, in which one debater spews an overwhelming number of arguments, without regard to their veracity, so that their opponent is unable to answer coherently or refute the statements.