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TIL that there was actually one astronaut, named Abdul Ahad Momand, who came from Afghanistan, and who spent time at the Mir Space Station in 1988. [However, later on he emigrated to Stuttgart, Germany, and became an accountant.]

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kJalg TIL Major League Baseball player Keith Comstock is best known for being traded for a bag of baseballs (which he had to deliver himself), and for featuring on a baseball card where he's pictured being hit in the nuts
YpJax TIL that huffing gasoline is a real form of substance abuse and that it causes actual highs and hallucinations. It is also one of the most commonly abused household items for lower class people and also one of the most dangerous.
ANLMo TIL that 1kg of uranium-235 used in nuclear fission creates the same energy as 2.7 million kg of coal
D1OBP TIL there are Forth World countries. Many inhabitants of these nations do not have any political ties and are often hunter-gatherers that live in nomadic communities, or are part of tribes.
O1j1 TIL that a 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline or exits. It is the longest portion of the US Interstate system without services. A station at one end sells about 30 gas containers a week to people who run out on the highway and walk to the station.