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TIL that the Apollo 12's lunar surface cuff checklists had pinup models/porn snuck in them by the backup crew ( who made the checklist ).

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Ybvd TIL that some scientists believe we are in the middle of a mass extinction event (1 of 6 throughout the history of our planet) and that humans are primarily to blame.
yQkdV TIL that white men 85 and older have a suicide rate that is six times that of the overall national rate.
J1vbk TIL that the modern practice of crowdfunding projects on the Internet was first successfully pioneered in the late 90s by the British Neo-prog Band Marillion.
g1b4 TIL The oldest woman alive in 2006 (125-year-old Fulla Nayak) claimed that Marijuana was her secret to long life.
j65OM TIL Possession of the Anarchist Cookbook is illegal in the UK and they've sent young men to jail for years over it.