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TIL in 2002, a man in the UK legally changed his name to Playstation 2. He also attempted to marry his console

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KYbnw TIL that astronaut Neil Armstrong had to fill out a customs form upon returning to Earth. The form listed his occupation as an astronaut and his destination as the moon.
Vegp TIL That Sylvia Plath, Steven Tyler, Ray Charles, James Taylor, Marianne Faithful and David Foster Wallace were all patients at McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts
Ov6X TIL that David Bowie’s permanently dilated pupil was the result of a punch to the face in a fight over a girl. Despite their altercation, he and George Underwood stayed friends and Underwood went on to do the artwork for Bowie’s early albums.
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