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TIL that although Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon, the title of the first man to pee on the moon goes to Buzz Aldrin.

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04VL TIL in 1955, a plaster buddha statue more than 600 years old was dropped during an attempt to move it to a new location. After some of the plaster coating was chipped off, it was revealed that the plaster was covering a statue made of solid gold.
9n1r TIL Cacti are native to North America, so there are none in any other desert on earth.
e0w0g TIL cardinal birds are romantic; they mate for life, travel together, sing before nesting, and during courtship, the male feeds seed to the female beak-to-beak.
mxPLY TIL of The Simpsons and Philosophy university course.
nepL9 TIL of Mauro Prosperi who survived for 9 days alone in the Saharan Desert on a diet of urine and bats after becoming disoriented and travelling nearly 200 miles in the wrong direction during an endurance event. He was found in Algeria despite the race taking part in Morocco