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TIL Buzz Aldrin’s Mother’s maiden name was Moon

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wL108 TIL subway cars after being decommissioned are dropped into the ocean to become a home for sea life.
ewmD TIL the “water boatman” is the loudest animal in the world, making 20 more decibels of noise than a freight train using only it’s penis
neDKo TIL that the inventor of the frisbee, Ed Hendrick, was cremated and had his ashes turned into frisbees.
b6Zn0 TIL: the term is milquetoast (timid, weak, unassertive), not milk toast. It originates from the 1924 comic strip character Caspar Milquetoast. However, the origin is that he's named after a "weak", bland dish of...milk toast (buttered toast served in a shallow bowl of warm milk).
OoDoR TIL 700,000 year old stone tools were found in the Philippines despite the fact that known humans didn't arrive until 600,000 years later. Researches aren't sure how humans got there or what early hominid could have even made them