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TIL that NASA has a plan if astronauts “Lose It”, and that plan is to tie them up with duct tape.

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1RkV TIL James Doohan, Star Trek actor, served in the military during D-Day, shooting 2 German snipers and getting shot 6 times himself.
Xxmk TIL in 1924, 14 bison were brought to an island off the coast of California for the filming of a movie, though the scenes with the bison did not make it into the final cut. Due to cost overruns, the film company decided to leave the bison on the island and now 150 of them live on the island.
epryg TIL that in paranormal folklore, people who die suddenly or violently (like in an accident or murder) are believed to be more likely to become ghosts because their spirit is “shocked” and full of unresolved energy, while people who die from illness are thought to be less likely to linger as spirits
klO7 TIL that there is a dwarf planet in our solar system that is 8 billion miles away and takes 10,000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun.
v108L TIL: 20 years ago, DotComGuy (Mitch Maddox) in a promotion for Internet companies, changed his name to DotComGuy and was paid to live the entire year of 2000 in his house in Dallas, Texas, buying all food and necessities online. Video from the house was streamed 24 hours a day on the DotComGuy.com