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TIL The US Marshals recovered North Carolina’s copy of the U.S. Bill of Rights in 2003 via a sting operation after it was stolen from the State Capitol by a union soldier following the civil war.

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agE9 TIL Famous Czech hockey player Jaromir Jagr wears #68 to honour the rebellion in Czechoslovakia against the Soviet Union in 1968.
E1a9P TIL that in 1963 researchers irradiated the testicles of over 100 prisoners in Washington and Oregon. When the inmates were released and had children, some had birth defects but the exact number is unknown because there was no adequate follow-up study.
GAPJG TIL that Buzz Aldrin was supposed to be the first man to walk on the moon instead of Neil Armstrong, but NASA was forced to change their plans because they'd built the Lunar Module so that as the pilot, Aldrin would be seated farther from the door than Armstrong
j8GM TIL The USS Arizona, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese 73 years ago today, still leaks 2-9 quarts of oil each day.
R7XY7 TIL that Lord Krishna (Hinduism) changed himself to his feminine form Mohini and slept with Aravan who sacrificed himself in the war and granted three wishes. It is from Aravan’s lineage after his association with Krishna’s female form that the transgenders are said to have been born.