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TIL about Khanzir, the only pig in Afghanistan

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nwKo TIL the common garden snail can pass over the edge of razor blade without harm
P1LEE TIL- The Apollo 11 astronaut left Lunar Laser Retro-Reflectors on the moon and NASA has been conducting experiments with them for over 50 years thus proving the moon landings happened.
1nEO TIL French criminal Albert Spaggiari was caught after his gang stole 60 million francs worth of valuables from a bank. At his trial, he distracted the judge, jumped out of a window and escaped on a motorcycle specially set up for him. He was never caught again and died a free man.
KOVwa TIL that a warp drive is plausible
R5n76 TIL that vinyl chloride was used as a propellant in aerosols, such as hair spray, in the 1960s and '70s.