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TIL that ears of corn generally have an even number of rows, which is usually 16.

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v1o57 Today I Learned that there are ten honorary Harlem Globetrotters, including Nelson Mandela, Whoopi Goldberg, and Pope John Paul II
NR1P TIL there’s an amusement park in Germany where you can ride Falcor from “The NeverEnding Story”.
LkYp TIL that the first thing Buzz Aldrin did upon stepping foot on the moon was to hold a communion service but NASA kept it a secret because they were “still smarting from the lawsuit filed by Madalyn Murray O'Hair” regarding the Genesis readings on Apollo 8.
PRRV TIL the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NYC is so polluted that unidentifiable new forms of microbiological life have arisen in its sludge
mxveR Today I learned all Space Shuttle flights were outfitted with explosives that an Air Force officer would detonate if the Shuttle veered off course & endangered a populated area.