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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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1aDgW TIL that there are trees that have bark that peels away to reveal a second layer of colorful bark, making a rainbow like effect
Yv1d TIL Carrie Underwood gives her phone number to the two American Idol finalists every year but never gets called
b9w0N TIL: Americans never 'lost' their British accents. It was the Brits that adopted 'posh' in the early 1800s. American port cities emulated it for a while.
LQopp TIL that 75% of Canadian English-language TV shows are from the US. By contrast, the top ten TV shows in Quebec are all local productions. While French Canadians love watching American films dubbed in English, they prefer low-budget Quebec TV shows (téléromans) to big-budget American ones.
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