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TIL Buzz Aldrin brougth Wine and Bread on board Apollo 11 to take Communion ON THE MOON

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lo9j1 TIL: Goosebumps are actually caused by a muscle called the arrector pili muscle.
E1wyW TIL Michael and Joy Brown gave their friend a paid year off in 1956 to write a book. Their friend was Harper Lee and she wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”
R5dX9 TIL that while great apes can learn hundreds of sign-language words, they never ask questions.
dDLJ9 TIL that from 1955 into the ’70s, Campbell’s marketed 'soup on the rocks' and the 'frisky sour'—beef bouillon cocktails—as chic, low-calorie alternatives to alcohol, tapping into post-war trends in nutrition and style aimed at housewives.
jN8vM TIL, The US state of Michigan used to be part of the Canadian province of Quebec in 1774, while the United Stated didn't have uncontested control of Michigan's Upper Peninsula until 1818.