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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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VBp6G TIL a woman named Sara Jane Moore tried to kill U.S. president Gerald Ford. She was in prison for 32 years. When asked about her crime in an interview, Moore stated, "I am very glad I did not succeed. I know now that I was wrong to try."
woxAW TIL of boxer Billy Graham who held the distinction of not only defeating Sugar Ray Robinson as an amateur, but also of never having been knocked down in 126 fights.
nWnKo TIL the term “gaslighting” originates in a British play-turned film from the 1930s. The play was called “Gas Light” and the plot is about a husband who mentally and emotionally manipulates his wife into believing she is crazy by changing the intensity of the gas lamps within their home.
D1XNV TIL that sloths do not fart. They reabsorb the gas into their blood and let one rip through their mouths. They also use the trapped gas to float on water.
wgx8 TIL On 31 March 1970, a group of left-wing extremists from the Japanese Red Army Faction hijacked a plane with samurai swords and demanded to be taken to North Korea.