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TIL Mankind has left 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit on the moon.

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rRj4y TIL: Rhesus macaques were introduced to Silver Springs state park in the 30s but, now 400 strong, they now harbor a disease fatal to humans.
6YOJ TIL scientists have dosed naked mole rats with carcinogens and radiation, yet they have never been observed to develop cancer. They tolerate acid, live 6x longer than other rodents, they hardly age, they survive long periods of oxygen deprivation and can live in heavy metal polluted areas.
PYWML TIL that Red lipstick didn't always mean glamour
dnK7 TIL that Redbad, the last pagan King of Frisia (northern Netherlands), refused to convert to Christianity because he “preferred spending eternity in Hell with his pagan ancestors than in Heaven with his enemies.”
LQom TIL that the thirteenth amendment, which outlawed slavery, was not ratified by the state of Mississippi until 1995.