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TIL astronaut helmets contain a small foam block they can use to scratch their nose while on space walks

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b6ZgN TIL that alligators can't die of old age. The only way they die is by running out of available food consumption or by being killed by humans. They live an average of 30-50 years old.
9YL16 TIL in the wake of the creepy clown trend, a 2016 "Clown Lives Matter" peace walk was scheduled in Tucson to demonstrate that "clowns are not psycho killers"; but the event had to be cancelled due to multiple death threats to the clowns.
9kk7 TIL you could swim in a spent nuclear fuel pool without being harmed
aw46o TIL that Maria Sharapova's on court grunt has been recorded at a volume of 101 decibels. That's louder than a motorcycle, a lawnmower and a small aircraft. In fact it's only 5 decibels less than a lion's roar.
O5k1 TIL that almonds aren’t nuts, they are the pits of a fruit closely related to peaches