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TIL Cheddar Cheese is never naturally orange

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bDE9 TIL of “The Green Man”, a man severely disfigured as a child who would take long walks only at night in western Pennsylvania. Urban legends at the time said he glowed green, whereas in fact he was real person who was liked by his family and neighbors.
ZpZ5a TIL that in 1967, Australian prime minister Harold Holt disappeared whilst swimming in the sea, something he loved to do, never to be seen again.
GYYOE TIL that faking the moon landing in 1969 would have been harder than actually going to the moon
Ype7 TIL that astronauts are recommended to jerk off in space, and that a married couple who were part of the crew of STS-47 most likely were the first to have sexual intercourse in outer space.
X0J68 TIL in the 1980s, NASA had a 1-900 number which charged $2 for the first minute and $.45 for each additional minute. It allowed callers to listen in on a mission status report and mid-flight press conferences, and thousands of them heard the Challenger explosion in real time.