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TIL that the first U.S flag planted on the moon was knocked over by exhaust

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X046j TIL that in Ancient Greece, when Cimon was given a sentence of 'starvation till death', his daughter, Pero, kept him alive by breastfeeding her own father
nl4Y TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head with a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead.
DQ8Gp TIL Stephen King's father was born Donald Pollock. He changed his last name to King sometime between the ages of 18 and 23. He went out to get cigarettes when Stephen was 2 year old and never came home.
e0nmn TIL that in Peru in 2007, a meteorite impact caused a "mystery illness" that turned out to be widespread arsenic poisoning from the meteorite evaporating contaminated groundwater
dvOQ TIL Twenty year old Ben Franklin devised a list of virtues to help him live a better life, a list which he followed until he died at age 84. They include: “Imitate Jesus and Socrates” and “avoid trifling conversation”