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TIL Buzz Aldrin is the first person documented to have drunk alcohol in space as he took communion on the Moon during Apollo 11

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9YaAM TIL about Paricutin, a 424 meter volcano born in a Mexican cornfield in 1943. By 1944 two nearby villages were abandoned. 3 people died after being struck by lightning generated by the eruptions. It’s been dormant since 1952.
aDMJ TIL that the National Endowment for the Arts has a smaller budget than the Pentagon’s marching band
JY4g8 TIL Seth Green was something of a mascot for the New Orleans Saints Football Team in the early 1990's.
poBQ TIL that Truman Show director Peter Weir had initially wanted to have cameras installed in every theater the movie was shown in, having the projectionist at one point cut the lights, cut to the viewers, and then cut back to the movie
xpPo TIL That for about 5 months in 2008 it was 100% legal to abandon your teenage child by bringing them to a hospital and driving off. During this period over 35 teenagers were abandoned by their parents.