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TIL: NASA actually published a study of the benefits of plants in the room

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a80PL TIL McDonald's congratulated NASA Astronaut and former McDonald’s restaurant crew employee, Commander Leroy Chiao after his successful 200 day mission by presenting him with Big Mac and fries in Star City
bn09 TIL that there is a parasitic worm in grasshoppers that, when fully grown, makes the grasshopper seek water and drown to return the parasite to water.
RV81 TIL the trailer for “Nymphomaniac”, which included ‘full-frontal fellatio’, was accidentally in theaters to children seeing the PG-rated animation “Frozen”
v1yB7 TIL in the United States, there hasn't been a reported death due to a black widow bite in 100 years.
rPrd TIL the producers of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest asked local car salesman Mel Lambert to help them find grotesque-looking locals to play extras. Lambert placed an ad asking “Do You Have a Face That Scares Timberwolves?” Despite subsequent editorials protesting the insult, the ad was a success.