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TIL: Astronauts who come back from the moon have to go through customs

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vPwDK TIL that the city of New Orleans - which is widely known for its culinary scene - has zero Michelin-starred restaurants. This is solely because Michelin currently limits its coverage in the U.S. to a few select regions: California, New York, Florida, Washington, D.C., and Illinois.
loWGA TIL: Mavis Beacon is not a real person
Ooaga TIL original wild bananas contained large seeds, but humans bred them to have tiny seeds for easier consumption.
PYwMJ TIL in 1721, the now-Lutheran Danish sent missionaries to Greenland, as it was assumed the medieval Norse settlers must still be Catholic or had reverted to paganism. The Norse had died out in the early 1400s, but the Danes found Inuit there instead
EgM1P TIL in 2015 Pornhub tried crowdfunding the first ever space sex tape. They reached 6.9% of their $3.4 million goal.