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

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wL0jM TIL it wasn't until 1967 that the Australian government gave Australian Aboriginal people citizenship
J1wg4 TIL that Chairman Kaga of Iron Chef is a talented stage actor, starring as Jean Valjean in the Japanese version of Les Miserables. He represented Japan on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in 1995 when 17 Valjeans from around the world took the stage together. (2:15)
4Xplo TIL that crows can hold grudges and are even known to pass it on to its chicks.
bbKj TIL famous playwright Henrik Ibsen, after overhearing his nurse assure a visitor he was doing better, spluttered his last words, “On the contrary!”
LQVyV TIL in 1944 a bunch of prisoners decided to revolt at Auschwitz by blowing up the crematorium and gas chambers. They were able to destroy one gas chamber and several crematoria, injuring and killing several SS guards. Ultimately, the revolt was unsuccessful and all were caught and executed.