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The first photograph taken on the moon by Neil Armstrong featured a trash bag

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Bgbwd TIL that in 1994, 62 children in Zimbabwe claimed they saw a UFO land near their school, with aliens telepathically warning them about environmental destruction. Some still stand by their story today.
GY1KG TIL When he was the Governor of Tennessee, former US President Andrew Johnson made with his own hands a very handsome suit of clothes and sent it to the Governor of Kentucky, who had been a blacksmith in his young days. He forged a shovel and tongs and sent them to Johnson.
BrBmK TIL about dry ice on Mars. This is a winter image of dry ice on Mars showing eroded channels filled with frozen carbon dioxide that appear like white ghostly spiders. During the Martian summer the ice will sublimate into the atmosphere, leaving the empty channels behind until Martian winter returns.
0WwL TIL that the actor in Scrubs that plays “Dr. Turner” that JD and Turk set up with Hooch is Tom Hank’s brother, Jim Hanks.
XE6kD TIL There is a sequel to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", called "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". It features space travel, Cold War politics, aliens, and Charlie's grandparents abusing drugs.