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TIL: Astronauts have a patch of Velcro inside their helmets in case they need to scratch their nose.

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xK0b TIL Before the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther confessed for hours at a time. Annoyed, the priest told him “If you’re going to confess so much, why don’t you go do something worth confessing? Kill your mother or father! Commit adultery! Quit coming in here with such flummery and fake sins.“
Brdd TIL the guy who voiced Optimus Prime in the 80’s cartoon also did his voice in the movie trilogy
owoY TIL - in 1910, President Roosevelt supported a bill that would have released hippopotamuses into Louisiana to eat an invasive plant species and to provide delicious hippo bacon to hungry Americans.
rrGy TIL NY City, at 8.406 Million (2013) has a higher population than 37 out of the 50 US States.
5VYnQ TIL of Northstar Island, a 20,000 m^2 artificial island used for oil production in the Beaufort Sea