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TIL: That during the Apollo 11 moon landing, Neil Armstrong was the only one operating the Hasselbad camera and almost all pictures he took were of Buzz Aldrin, NASA could only find 1 picture of Armstrong taken by Aldrin (who was busy with experiments) on that fateful day

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neVbd TIL About the legend of Wan Hu, a supposed Chinese man who became the “first astronaut” in 2000BC by tying 47 firework rockets to a chair. Dressed in regal splendour, he had 47 servants light each of the rockets and then took off as they ran for cover. When the smoke cleared, he was gone.
LQVmP TIL one of the quietest rooms in the world is the anechoic chamber at Microsoft's headquarters. People can only handle being in the room for less than an hour because the only sounds come from your own body (heartbeat, bones grinding, etc.), and it becomes very disorienting.
Zr94 TIL that Buckethead, the guitar virtuoso, has released TWO HUNDRED AND NINTEY SEVEN full studio albums and 171 under aliases and with other bands. In 2015 after the death of his parents he released an average of 1 studio album every 3 days.
g9k9 TIL Weaponizing weather is against the Geneva Convention.
M7e8W TIL about Benny Distefano, the last left-handed catcher to play in the MLB who only caught three games for the Pittsburgh Pirates back in 1989.