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TIL Scott Kelly was the first person in space to wear a Gorilla costume.

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x6bV5 TIL the kid characters in Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold!" (1996) were all voiced by real kids.
grdR9 TIL the wrecked S. S. Minnow from Gilligan's Island was named after FCC Chairman Newton Minnow, who called television "a vast wasteland".
R7X78 TIL that scabs actually SLOW DOWN the healing process to wounds as the new skin grows underneath them. It's important to be able to keep a band-aid on at most times after a fresh wound is made in order for the new skin to come in and grow in a fresh and wet enviroment.
6E7Zw TIL that an itch on the left side of the body can be relieved by looking into a mirror and scratching the right side of the body (and vice versa)
Zrlp TIL polar bears are so well insulated from the cold that it is invisible when photographed with infrared film, which detects heat. Except for a spot in front of its mouth made by its warm breath.