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TIL half of the Moon is always illuminated by our star.

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R7D99 TIL about cotton candy grapes; a type of grape that tastes like cotton candy. Created by David Cain, the cotton candy grape was made by breeding plants. He grew 100,000 test tube plants before getting the perfect cotton candy grape.
BgKby TIL It’s not the heat that gets ya. It’s the humidity.
LkOlZ TIL in 1971, Texas lawmaker Tom Moore tried pranking the Texas legislature by introducing a resolution to commend the Boston Strangler for population control. The resolution passed unanimously. Some use this as a criticism that legislators don't read what they vote on.
9Qop TIL a truckload of a specialty Norwegian cheese caught fire in a tunnel in Norway and burned for five consecutive days.
rWXd TIL that almost all of the stadiums used in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 are huge concrete wastelands at the moment