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TIL that activist Coretta Scott King babysat John Lithgow when he was a child

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5VDrk TIL that family names are rare in Pakistan, and almost all boys are given the first name “Muhammad.” They’ll instead use their second or third given name, and also append this given name to their children’s names.
e0rWE TIL about Leonid "Tarzan" Fainberg, a Ukranian mobster, who attempted to purchase a Soviet diesel submarine for the Cali cocaine cartel. He also owned a strip club named Porky's.
6LkX TIL 5-time Tour de France winner, Miguel Indurain, had a resting heart rate of just 28 BPM. The average person rests at about 60 BPM.
Y7abW TIL that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong apparently filled out and signed customs forms when returning from the moon in 1969.
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