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TIL 80% of the moon rock mass picked up by Apollo astronauts in the NASA collection remains stored in a pristine condition for future scientific study

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OoOJ6 Today I Learned that the seed, inner bark, pollen, and needles of some pine trees are edible.
OGPM1 TIL Konstanti Tsiolkovsky, one of the fathers of space exploration, was designing ideas for a tubular space station in 1896 that would go on to resemble the Salyut stations 75 years in the future.
OoKLL TIL in 1983 Stevie Nicks starred in Hands Off!: A Unique New System of Self Defence Against Assault for the Women of Today. Written by Bob Jones, an Australian martial arts expert who worked security for Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Joe Cocker, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and other big names.
XVAD TIL that during World War 2, penicillin was scarce, so it was common to collect urine from patients to recycle the penicillin.
9Yxbr TIL that Costa Rica went 300 days on 100% renewable energy in 2017.