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TIL Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan repaired the moon rover with duct tape

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nWpKW TIL that in Japan, you can hire a person to apologize on your behalf.
oD0K TIL that vampire bats will die if they can’t find blood for two nights in a row. Luckily, generous well-fed bats will often regurgitate blood to share with others, in exchange for grooming. This has been noted by many naturalists as an example of reciprocal altruism in nature.
Va7Q TIL that the chemical that makes chili peppers hot induces pain in mammals, who would chew the seeds and destroy them, but has no effect on birds, who swallow the seeds whole and poop them out, serving to disperse them.
VBkD8 TIL that Hooters ran an airline that sadly went bust (pun intended)
R7VM9 TIL of Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese military officer and UN observer who disobeyed UN Rules of Engagement to save "at least hundreds" during the Rwandan Genocide.