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TIL Carrot Top is the son of a NASA engineer

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XEx8X TIL long term radiation damages the cameras on the ISS. Also, astronauts occasionally see flashes of light as heavy ions or charged particles crash through their skull and fire off photo receptor cells in their eyes despite being closed.
5E6p TIL that human head size, and thus intelligence, sharply increased 12 million years ago when we invented the baby sling, a crucial technological development in our history
Z8JYG TIL that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant had four reactors and only one was impacted by the 1986 meltdown; the others continued producing power for several years and one (Reactor No. 3) produced power until it was decommissioned in 2000.
Y77lx TIL that wood frogs from Alaska can hold its pee for up to eight months, all through the long winter before relieving themselves.
e0EyD TIL that in ancient Rome there was such a thing as bread fraud . Bread had to branded as a result so the government knew who to punish .