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TIL China is banned from the international space station

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dXo9 TIL the world was ending in 1806 because someone wrote “Christ is coming” on eggs and stuffed them back into the hen.
1ae67 TIL that if you regularly drink ground coffee, you're likely not allergic to cockroaches.
LQM19 TIL dogs can smell up to 100,000 times better than humans due to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses
Me57K TIL That the highest ranked position in the U.S Navy titled 'Admiral of the Navy' has only been awarded once in U.S history. The recipient was George Dewey, who earned it after his famous victory at Manila Bay in 1898 during the Spanish-American war.
glEy TIL that 20,000 leagues below sea level would put you through the Earth and almost 20% of the way to the moon’s orbit. “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” refers to the distance traveled while underwater, not the depth reached.