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TIL that a double-blind study which was published in Nature showed that experienced astrologers are no better at determining people’s psychological traits based on the location of the stars during their birth than someone who is randomly guessing them.

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gMGN4 TIL President Nixon decided that 135 countries of the world each deserved to have a piece of the moon collected by American astronauts, so he gave away Goodwill Moon Rocks. It is believed that as many as half of the Goodwill Moon Rocks have been lost or stolen
AQM4 TIL that millions of people don’t actually need to use deodorant (esp. East asians) because they have gene (ABCC11) that stops them from producing sweat that attracts bacteria that cause body odour. And there is a simple test to see if you have this gene.
OG6Xe TIL that 2023 is the first full year that Earth hosted 8 billion people.
8ldK TIL a full suit of plate armour weighs less than a modern fire fighters oxygen gear
KO5eG TIL GoldeneEye 007’s multiplayer mode was so last-minute that neither Rare nor Nintendo management knew about it. The first time executives saw anything was when programmers were playing it.