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

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rN7Ve TIL In 1947 a ship explosion in Texas City was so large that it knocked 2 planes out of the sky, killed hundreds, and injured more than 5000 people
KKGR TIL that Turkish people drink more tea than British people.
Rd76 TIL that Army officer Hugh Thompson prevented the deaths of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians including women and children, by a group of American soldiers. Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot, landed between the soldiers and the villagers and threatened to open fire if they continued their attacks.
10br TIL there was a drug made in the 1920s for alcoholism that would cause the effect of a hangover directly after drinking alcohol.
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