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TIL that Niel Armstrong and his crew had to clear customs/immigration after returning from the moon. They declared moon rock and dust.

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4XEbg TIL ciabatta has only been around since 1982.
o6B8 TIL Mongooses, honey badgers, hedgehogs, and pigs are the only mammals with a natural immunity to snake venom.
7ryy7 TIL Somali Museum of Minnesota may now be the only museum in the world dedicated to preserving Somali culture and traditions. Boqor Burhaan, a regional king from Puntland, Somalia, held a reception at the Somali Museum as part of a visit to the Somali community in Minnesota
vPddL TIL in 2020, Venice’s gondoliers’ association reduced capacity on their boats, blaming the increased burden of “overweight” tourists.
d87EB TIL that Americans consume an average of 152 pounds of sugar a year each. If the population of the US is 328,000,000 people, that means that the US consumes 25,000,000 tons of sugar a year on average. This number does not include the amount of sugar exported in products to other countries.