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TIL Playtex, now known for feminine hygiene products, developed the primary spacesuit for the Apollo program.

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GYxoE TIL about the Concord Prison Experiment, which demonstrated that the experiences generated by psilocybin had the potential to lower recidivism rates among prisoners after their release from the Maximum Security prison
jdaa TIL that drinking caffeine-containing beverages can reduce the harmful effects of sun-exposure, effectively acting like an oral sunscreen
9wEv6 TIL that the “chinpo” or “chinpoko” element in the South Park episode “Chinpokomon” is actually crude Japanese slang for the word “penis.”
LkYbP TIL that the Soviets were more instrumental to Japan's surrender than the Nuclear fucking Bomb and we probably didn't have to drop it.
Y8XW TIL: This guy (Jason Lewis) became the 1st person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails. He walked, cycled, & inline skated 5 continents, & kayaked, swam, rowed, & pedalled a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. It took him 13 years to complete, the 46,505-mile journey.