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TIL Buzz Aldrin punched a moon landing denier in the face, and prosecutors declined to press charges.

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m1GxR TIL Peru has so many convicted ex-presidents it has set up a special prison for them.
v14nR TIL that I accidentally set a "World Record" for pinching 500 candle wicks with my fingers. It was a stupid idea that turned out to be a first for world records.
jNYJj TIL that Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, a Canadian Colonel and diplomat, signed on behalf of Canada on the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. However, Cosgrave signed the document in the wrong place (on the line for France) forcing all subsequent signatories to sign in the wrong place as well.
VMr9Z TIL Caesar Salad was invented in Mexico
BVXe TIL that the greatest speech Abraham Lincoln ever gave is lost to history. In 1856, Lincoln delivered an anti-slavery speech so powerful and moving that the reporters tasked with transcribing it laid down their pencils in awe. Today we have no idea what he said.