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TIL that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had to remember not to close the door on the Eagle Lunar Lander, because it had no outside door handle.

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1ZRO TIL that Canada’s Most Dangerous City in 2012 had a total of 0 homicides.
Rd76 TIL that Army officer Hugh Thompson prevented the deaths of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians including women and children, by a group of American soldiers. Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot, landed between the soldiers and the villagers and threatened to open fire if they continued their attacks.
OoNJa TIL Cats are not dogs! In Mild Disbelief
W7DyN TIL Bill Murray played the Human Torch in a "Fantastic Four" radio drama from 1975
M7MnK TIL The first stenotype machine (the machine used by court reporters to type shorthand) was invented in 1830.