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TIL twelve astronauts total have walked on the moon and only four are still living

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NXP1e TIL that the word kidnap is relatively recent and originally meant "to steal or carry off children or others in order to provide servants or labourers for the American plantations."
grPey TIL there was a plan to dam the Yukon river and create a reservoir the size of Lake Erie
v1Lk8 TIL The ill-fated Russian submarine Kursk had an aquarium and aviary on board for crew member morale
KYoRE TIL that introverted narcissists are harder to detect and research finds they are also more prone to violence!
OoBA1 TIL that when Syphilis first surfaced, the English called it the ‘French disease’, the French called it the ‘Spanish disease’, Germans called it the French evil, Russians called it Polish disease, Poles called it Turkish disease, Turks called it Christian disease & Japan called it 'Chinese pox'