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TIL opossums have pouches not unlike a kangaroo's, and can feed on average a litter of 13 infants within it

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rNepW TIL - In 2000, the first crewed mission to the International Space Station (Expedition 1) launched on October 31. This began continuous human presence in space, with astronauts from NASA and Roscosmos working together aboard the ISS. The collaboration has been ongoing ever since.
BMBd TIL most wasabi sold in the US is just horseradish with food coloring.
9wrMX TIL that pack rat middens may contain materials for up to 50000 years
5XNP TIL that comedian Patton Oswalt sent out a series of tweets on August 17 that came off as very offensive when read individually, but were totally fine when read together (picture in comments).
p8lQe TIL that in 1906, a man in Seattle was sentenced to one minute in jail for drunkenness and disorder. The original sentence was 30 days, but after an appeal and six months of litigation, it was shortened to one minute. He was kept in jail until the second hand of the jailer’s watch completed a circle