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TIL that Neil Armstrong manually landed on the moon instead of using the computer's autopilot, and managed to do so with under a minute of fuel left...

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kOy05 TIL about the Shedim. They are creatures very similar to Jinns in Islam. Their name was later translated into "daimonia" by the Greek, which caused the misunderstanding later down the line that they are evil creatures.
XYer TIL that Drano works by causing at least five chemical reactions that work together to heat up, dissolve hair, turn grease into soap, dissolve the soap, and ultimately clear the drain
Dxbp TIL that Ron Burgandy is based off Los Angeles/San Diego anchorman this guy, Harold Greene.
1EEW TIL that a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus
mZbM TIL that in 1956 a 95 year old man named Samuel Seymour was the mystery subject on the original “I’ve Got a Secret” game show. His secret? He had witnessed the Lincoln assassination at Ford’s Theater.