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TIL 11 of the 12 men who walked on the moon were Boy Scouts

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p8mQQ TIL comedian Conan O’Brien, host of the US talk show Conan, is a Harvard graduate and is on the board of directors for the John F. Kennedy presidential library and museum.
4XVmw TIL current American law states that any American can declare any unclaimed unoccupied island in the world for the United States, making it subject to US criminal law and US military protection (at the discretion of the president), but only if the island has lots of bird poop (seriously).
9MYr TIL outing CIA agents wasn’t made illegal until 1982 after a former agent published several bestsellers which named thousands of CIA personnel
R5a7 TIL there is a 1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second camera that can record light as it moves
KpgE TIL that in August 2012, Lily Allen was accused of racism after writing “I hate it when black cab drivers spend the entire journey on the phone. I WANTED A CHAT!” Allen responded that in Britain and Europe taxicabs are called “black cabs” because they are painted black.