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TIL Potential Mars colonists and astronauts will have to adhere to a vegan diet.

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A1el TIL Marge vs the Monorail was widely disliked when it first came out, and Yeardley Smith even called it one of the worst episodes yet.
xVQQ7 TIL that the rarest stamp in the world (the 1856 British Guiana 1c magenta) - of which only one specimen exists - has broken the world record stamp price each of the last four times it has been sold. It was sold for 6s, £120, £150, $36,000, $40,000, $280,000, $935,000, and most recently $9,480,000
1mZX TIL that eating lychees, especially unripe, can trigger a fatal brain swelling (encephalopathy) in malnourished children.
J1nmj TIL that the first movie DreamWorks ever released wasn't animated but a live-action thriller called The Peacemaker on September 26, 1997
78pZr TIL a few months before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was prescribed nitroglycerin for this heart condition.