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TIL "once in a blue moon" is around every 2.7172 years and is coincidentally close to the number e.

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p8RMQ TIL that an astronauts space suit costs roughly $12,000,000 USD.
5VKKP TIL that in 1989, a sudden invasion of medflies hit California. This invasion cost between 60 and 120 million USD in eradication efforts. A group called “The Breeders” claimed it was a deliberate attack by themselves in response to the governments decades long Malathion aerial sprays.
PvVE TIL: L’Appel Du Vide also known as Call of the void is the term given to the moment we have them random dark thoughts such as wanting to steer into oncoming traffic
wLV6E TIL that Ghanaian soccer player Mohammed Anas accidentally thanked both his wife and his girlfriend in a speech after a match.
NWJJ TIL someone anonymously sent St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a $1 million-winning McDonald’s Monopoly piece. Although McDonald’s does not allow the transfer of prizes, they had waived the rule.