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TIL David Bowie's 'Space Oddity', released in July 1969, was banned by the BBC for the duration of the Apollo 11 mission.

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VgxD TIL Tea is the most popular manufactured drink in the world in terms of consumption. Its consumption equals all other manufactured drinks in the world
7rAlZ TIL that Geddy Lee’s (lead singer and bassist for Rush) parents met in a Nazi work camp, were both sent to Auschwitz. His fater was then sent to Dachau and his mother went to Bergen-Belsen. Both were liberated and eventually reunited.
vWBD TIL the two African-American athletes who gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics were also shoeless during the protest. This was to represent black poverty.
woEWM TIL A study shows pairing giant pandas with a preferred partner increased the probability of intromission success and producing a cub. Of the 25 females mated to a preferred partner, 72% had successful intromission.
yV5kv TIL about tree wells - a void or area of loose snow below trees. In 2 experiments conducted in North America, 90% of volunteers temporarily placed in tree wells were unable to rescue themselves.