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TIL that Prada is going to design NASA’s new Moon suit

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Qll6 TIL: Today I learned that the US didn’t profit from Iraq’s Oil, in fact the US spent Billions on their oil infrastructure while Iraq reaped the profits AND this is old news
Me9v8 TIL That Steak Tartare gets it's name from a 13th century myth that Mongols (called Tartars at the time) would ride with meat under their saddles to tenderize it, then eat it raw. Though the story was false and the chronicler who popularized it had never even encountered Mongols himself.
v17Dx TIL - The artist with the record for most musical appearances on SNL is David Grohl with 14
KJGJ TIL The CDC has an actual “Zombie Plan” in place. It was started as a joke campaign, but actually evolved into real training and countermeasures because “if you’re well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack
p8GD8 TIL the founder of the Smithsonian, James Smithson, was a British scientist who willed his fortune to his nephew and in the event his nephew died with no heirs, to the US government to found an "Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men"; having never visited the US.