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TIL that Neil Armstrong Had to Go Through U.S. Customs after Returning from the Moon

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mevO TIL that undercover investigators from the Government Accountability Office set up a shell company, and received a license for the radioactive materials needed for a dirty bomb, all without any inquiries from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
M7NMb TIL that all tea types come from the same plant leaves, and it’s how they are processed that determines what type of tea it is (black, green, oolong, etc.)
D1MAP TIL roughly 2000 Canadians fought in the Spanish Civil War (proportionately higher than the ratio of US or British volunteers) and roughly half died
e0QPb TIL Swiss neutrality dictates that Switzerland is not to be involved in armed or political conflicts between other states.
0wp81 TIL a man successfully escaped a high security prison using only a cardboard box