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TIL the Apollo missions used condom-like pouches for urine collection. It came in three sizes, which the astronauts called “extra large”, “immense” and “unbelievable”.

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yWm8 TIL that 10-20% of Americans and a higher percent of Europeans are infected with a brain parasite from cats that makes them 2.5 times more likely to get in a car accident, changes personality traits, contributes to schizophrenia, and may cause sexual attraction to cat urine.
69opQ TIL that Phil Collins played at both Live Aid concerts on the same day at Wembley Stadium and JFK
v0Px TIL that a woman gave birth to three children whose DNA didn’t match her own. Despite being monitored while giving birth, she was charged with benefits fraud until it was discovered she carried two complete and differing sets of DNA.
goQ9 TIL there is a black hole 250 million light years away emitting a low B-flat 57 octaves below middle C on a piano.
PYPvw TIL Discovery Channel survival expert Ed Stafford was the first person to walk the length of the Amazon River from source to sea. He thought it might take a year, it took him 860 days.