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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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Egeko TIL the British English spelling of the word "curb" is "kerb"
Wkx04 Ever looked at a picture of the supercontinent Pangea and wondered where your current address would have been 250 million years ago? A new interactive map provides this very service, allowing you to see modern locations across 750 million years of our planet’s history.
GpME TIL there is frozen lake in India surrounded by hundreds of human skeletons. Scientists dated the skulls to about 850 AD and concluded that all of them had died due to a freak hailstorm
ANRj7 TIL that the largest building in the state of Kentucky is a 4-million sq ft cavern underground. The former limestone mine, called "Mega Cavern," meets the definition of a building due to its support structures. Multiple attractions inside are open to the public year-round.
l7n6a TIL as of July 2022, Aboriginal Australians are now legally allowed to possess a can of beer without facing 6 months imprisonment