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TIL NASA plans to lasso an asteroid and drag it to the moon for astronauts to walk on.

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Bbrb TIL Our knowledge of Cyanide’s taste comes from one man’s suicide note.
xVQdB TIL that dogs tuck their tail because they are trying to hide fear pheromones that are released by their anus. Similarly, they wag their tail to spread joy pheromones also released by their anus.
bJVp TIL, On August 4th, 1985 at the intersection of I-40 and U.S.69, a car and semitrailer carrying military bombs collided. The results were a series of explosions that lead to the deaths of 47 people and the evacuation of 6000 residents of Checotah, OK.
LvKV TIL of Missy, the most expensive cow ever sold. Worth $1,2 million, she is considered to be the top milk cow, being the top in both beauty and milk production. Her embryos alone are worth $3 million dollars in pre-signed contracts.
GYND7 TIL that the desert planet of Tatootine in Star Wars was originally meant to be a jungle planet. One of the producers found sites in the Philippines, but thought director George Lucas would be "itchy" from all of the filming in the jungle, so Lucas decided to make Tatootine a desert planet.