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TIL One in four cowboys in the old west were African American.

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epmVn TIL Astronaut Ron McNair played the first musical instrument in space in 1984. He was a tenor saxophone player but could only fit a curved soprano sax. He got to play it in space but there was a media blackout at the time
MeJ98 TIL Belgium closed its last coal power station in 2016...
rRjl1 TIL that c*nt is not ruled as offensive under Australian law due to its prevalence in normal conversation there
6YOJ TIL scientists have dosed naked mole rats with carcinogens and radiation, yet they have never been observed to develop cancer. They tolerate acid, live 6x longer than other rodents, they hardly age, they survive long periods of oxygen deprivation and can live in heavy metal polluted areas.
9K6Q TIL that Bavarians of Hitler’s era referred to his style of mustache as a Rotzbremse, or “snot brake.”