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TIL China is banned from the international space station

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lo8LV TIL potatoes should never be refrigerated. Not only does it ruin the flavor, it produces high levels of a carcinogen called acrylamide
MepAB TIL when Consumer Reports surveyed the reliability of 1975 cars, Volvo turned out to be the second-worst car brand, and behind all the Big Three US brands in reliability.
dnGZ TIL that The Australian Coat of Arms has the kangaroo and the emu because these animals can’t move backwards.
6Oml TIL Winston Churchill was seriously injured in NYC in 1931 when he was struck by a car while attempting to cross the street. Accustomed to British traffic, he looked the wrong way and, seeing no cars, stepped into traffic. He went out of his way to ensure the driver of the car did not get blamed.
1aMPX TIL there is a mine in Canada with enough arsenic to kill every human on the planet.