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TIL NASA will pay you $19,000 to lay in bed for two months!

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wk8J TIL a round of golf was not set at 18 holes arbitrarily, but because there are 18 shots in the everyday whiskey bottle. One shot per hole.
x6lVk TIL the first copy of Rolling Stone magazine came with a free roach clip to hold your joints.
N7B61 TIL that two men in Brazil stole a teletherapy unit from an abandoned hospital and disassembled it in home. The two suffered vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and unexplained skin burns. They sold the unit in junkyard and later found that it contains a radioactive material, exposing 249 others.
D1BxD TIL scientists found Bees Wax fillings, one of the earliest known forms of dentistry, in Neolithic teeth from 6,500 years ago. The jawbone was discovered in 1911 but nobody noticed the fillings until recently.
9w6JD TIL: The concept of "Net Carbs,"was created by Atkins Nutritionals Inc. It is not based on any scientific studies and the term was dropped from their program by Atkins in 2004 for being "too vague." Neither the FDA nor the American Diabetes Association recognizes the term or the concept as valid.