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TIL in 2002 a few NASA interns stole nearly all of the moon rocks collected from all Apollo missions, then had sex on them

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9YGyD TIL that PhD students display twice as many symptoms of psychiatric disorders such as depression than other people.
N7b11 TIL that days after winning the Stanley Cup, Vladimir Konstantinov was paralyzed in a car accident. When the Red Wings repeated as champions the following year, his name was engraved on the Stanley Cup again. Although his number is not officially retired, no other Red Wing has worn #16 since.
BlEk TIL of the 1994 Caribbean Cup Qualifiers. A rules change meant to eliminate draws from soccer eventually lead to a match in which Barbados had to defend both(!) goals while Grenada tried to score in either in order to advance.
lyGa Til That when deli meats shine ranbow colors it’s not because oil is on it but the meat is cut perfectly against the grain, therefore more tender
l701a TIL of the Schöningen Spears, ten intact wooden spears discovered in a German mine between 1994-99. Strikingly similar to modern competition javelins, the 400,000 year old spears are the oldest worked wooden weapons ever found, and suggest early hominids used very sophisticated hunting techniques.