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TIL Ira Glass, host of “This American Life,” has been working at NPR since he started as a 19 year old intern in 1978

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jNBoE TIL that on December 16, 1965, NASA received a prank transmission from two astronauts: "We have an object, probably in polar orbit... I see a command Module and and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit." They then started playing, "Jingle Bells".
gYaL TIL American roulette wheels are different than wheels in other parts of the world. Casinos in the U.S. use a 0 and double 0 to decrease the odds of winning to 1/38, while other countries use just 0, making the odds 1/37 when betting individual numbers
vPGpr TIL that 1-2% of adults suffer from nocturnal enuresis or involuntary bed-wetting
1an44 TIL plastic was invented in 1907. Since 1950, humanity has produced 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste; 9% of it is recycled, 12% is incinerated, 79% ends up in a landfill or in the environment. Majority of the world's plastic waste from the developed world is exported to Southeast Asia.
kOXa7 TIL that the biggest earthquake ever recorded happened in May 22, 1960 in Valdivia, Chile, also known as the Great Chilean earthquake had recorded in a magnitude of 9.5