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TIL…..There is a 3.4 acre indoor Biosphere in Oracle, Arizona that researchers lived in for 2 years and 20 months to see what living on Mars would be like. There are 5 biome areas; a rainforest, ocean, wetlands, savannah grassland, fog desert, and agricultural system. As well as a human habitat.

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epgL TIL Earl of Oxford, who bowed to the first Queen Elizabeth and accidentally farted. Overcome with shame he vanished and spent seven years traveling. On his return, the queen greeted him with: “My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.”
nOZo TIL Wyoming only has 2 sets of escalators
wyoW TIL that every time the movie Roadhouse airs on TV, Bill Murray calls Mitch Glazer to tell him that his wife is getting railed by Patrick Swayze
LkBp0 TIL 29-yr-old Marine veteran Taylor Winston stole a truck to drive victims of the Las Vegas shooting to the hospital. He and his girlfriend made 2 trips having to pick only the most critically injured 10 - 15 people each time after helping boost others over a fence away from the shooter.
mxX4p TIL married men make 10 to 20% more money on average than men who choose to stay single their entire lives.