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TIL Pizza Hut delivered to the International Space Station. In 2001, they paid Russia $1 million dollars to transport the pizza into space.

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PYkvE TIL the US Virgin Islands is the only place in the United States that drives on the left, though many cars are left-hand drive like the mainland
b95vN TIL A Fammagenitus Cloud (aka Fire Cloud) which can be created by a wildfire, can put out that same wildfire but if it grows into a Cumulonimbus Cloud, it may create lightening and start another fire.
YxOv TIL that there is a protein in the human body named after Pikachu. It transmits electrical impulses from the eyes to the brain. (crosspost r/pokemon)
GAnQJ TIL there are over 3,000 slot machines on military bases overseas, mostly run by the army, and they make $100 million annually
o9xL TIL a venomous Brazilian wandering spider that somehow made its way to Britain survived falling into a freezer, having boiling water poured over it, and being microwaved in a jar. Later it was inadvertently released within hospital grounds.