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TIL the atmosphere on Earth at sea level is roughly equivalent to being behind 13 feet of solid concrete when it comes to radiation shielding.

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R5WAl TIL about underwater hockey, also known as Octopush, which is played by holding your breath in a 2 metre deep pool while manoeuvreing a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool using only one hand into the other team's goal with a mini hockey stick/pusher up to 25 metres away at the opposite end
R7ybj TIL than a 70 year old Australian man decided to get his groove on by sticking a fork up his penis, where it got stuck.
5VYor TIL Robert Hines who was launched into space today attended Space Camp as kid at age 14 in 1989, three years after SpaceCamp the movie was released in 1986.
M7An0 TIL the Bureau of Land Management wants to pay you $1,000 to adopt a wild horse
ANDOB TIL Kayne sampled "Avril 14th" by Aphex Twin without permission and when Richard D James offered to re-record it for them, they replied ‘It's not yours, it's ours, and we're not even asking you any more.’