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TIL after Apollo 12, scientists discovered earth microbes living on the moon.

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9xO6 TIL that when Dr. Seuss was having writer’s block he would retreat to a secret closet containing a collection of hats he would wear for inspiration
8e8gK TIL that according to data from the Aspen Institute of Play and the Utah State University’s Families in Sports Lab, the most expensive kids’ sport is ice hockey, which has an annual cost of $2,583 on average in the United States
R70jj TIL that Josef Stalin was highly suspicious of doctors and had many Kremlin doctors arrested and tortured. So few doctors were available that after Stalin suffered a stroke, one imprisoned doctor claimed he was mid-interrogation when his captors suddenly started asking for medical advice instead.
WQBY TIL that ¾ of American lesbians are overweight.
ne54P TIL that the Dail Up Tone you used to hear when connecting to the internet is actually two machines (modems) communicating with one another