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50 Facts You Learned at School That Are Not Real

‘ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND’

Neil Armstrong’s timeless quote — the first words ever spoken on the moon — is arguably the most famous sentence ever strung together by a human being. The problem is, a key word — a letter, actually — was omitted, probably due to a gap in the radio transmission. The famous astronaut always insisted he said “one small step for a man …,” which changes the meaning of the phrase — and makes more sense, considering “man” and “mankind” can be used interchangeably.

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