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TIL Pluto is smaller than Russia

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AaJx TIL: When Pete Conrad, who was somewhat shorter than Neil Armstrong, stepped onto the lunar surface during Apollo 12, his first words were “Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me.”
JwBv TIL: A group of owls is called a Parliament.
Z5LB TIL Melatonin levels secreted in breast milk vary depending on the time of day, helping a baby know when to sleep/wake up and thus regulate its sleep cycle. Babies who are fed formula have a harder time regulating their sleep cycle and are more prone to colic
v1w74 TIL If you take the long side of A4 paper and divide it by the short end you get root 2. They do this so that when you fold it in half, it stays the same ratio so there’s no distortion.
5YDBP TIL red and yellow bellpeppers are just green peppers that have been allowed to ripen.