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

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ne56B TIL During WW2, twenty five soldiers were killed and another seventy one injured when an RAF pilot mistakenly strafed a crowd observing a military demonstration.
E15Qx TIL that due to New Zealand's remoteness, it was the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, and plant life
QNvlM TIL that during the Falklands War, landmines unintentionally created safe havens for penguins. Too light to trigger the mines, they thrive and breed in these protected areas.
7kXx TIL gold on Earth came from colliding neutron stars
XEB4E TIL Spaniards abolished forced military conscription with massive civil disobedience