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TIL Buzz Aldrin’s Mother’s maiden name was Moon
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TIL anti-personnel land mines are specifically designed NOT to kill enemy combatants, but to maim. Thus, increasing the logistical support needed to counter it.
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TIL an error of Costa Rica’s border on Google Maps led to an invasion of Costa Rica by the army of Nicaragua. Google responded, saying that their Maps “shouldn’t be used as a reference to decide military actions between countries”.
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TIL we had x rays before we had antibiotics! (1880s & 1930s)
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TIL: The former ambassador of Zaire (now Dem. Congo) to Poland, was found penniless - living in the Warsaw railway station, being attacked by other homeless people (in 1994)
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TIL that Alan Rickman was originally chosen to voice Lord Farquaad from Shrek, but he chose instead to play Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.