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TIL that Tranquillity Lodge No. 2000 is the Masonic lodge that covers the moon. It stems from the Grand Lodge of Texas, where Buzz Aldrin is a member. He carried a Special Deputation from the lodge to the moon making the claim of jurisdiction.

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