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TIL NASA will pay you $15000 to sit in bed for 60 days (87 days of testing total), while they measure the effects of zero gravity on your body.

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Kr86 TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built.
p88le Potatoes are close, but not close enough.
EYyW TIL Eminem’s mother sued him for $10 million over alleged slander about her in “The Slim Shady LP.” She won $1,600 in damages.
6EpNY TIL about Yokai. Japanese folklore from the 8th century that gave birth to modern Japanese entertainment like Manga and anime.
kwWm TIL That in 1850 only 8% of the people in California were women