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TIL that long-term extended space travel can change your DNA.

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5VVoB TIL in USA and many other countries the minimum age to be president is 35 years old.
91Mr TIL, TMZ.com takes its name from the “Thirty Mile Zone” around Los Angeles which is used to determine union rates and work rules in the film and TV industry
5B8 TIL that the USA was one of only 7 countries to vote against the setting up of the International Criminal Court, along with China, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Qatar, and Yemen
kOr15 TIL that the moon is egg shaped. It appears to be a perfect circle because the gravitational force of the earth almost permanently has the tip of the moon pointed at it.
rRd7M TIL that the world's first mental health hospital was built in Baghdad, Iraq in 705 AD. While mental health patients were being condemned, punished, and even burned in Europe, 8th and 9th century mental health patients in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria were given more proper hospitalization and treatment.