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TIL That after having been flown on more than 130 space shuttle missions between 1981 and 2011, M&M's created special space shuttle themed M&M's for the mission control team and astonauts of the final space shuttle mission on July 8th 2011

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wLrQP TIL that a social experiment was conducted where wallets were left in 20 cities to see if the people there were honest enough to return them. Only in Denmark and Norway were they all returned.
n9ro TIL that there is a restaurant in Cardiff Prison which is open to the public, where the food is cooked and served by prison inmates who are training for a career in catering
9wQeG TIL of castaway huts (or depots) which are deliberately placed on isolated islands by governments. They contain supplies and tools which can help people who become stranded there. Most were built by the New Zealand government in the 19th and 20th centuries.
rNBgM TIL the James Webb Telescope has revealed secrets of the universe's first billion years, offering new insights into early galaxy formation.
7rvmZ TIL writing down a complex password on paper is significantly better than repeating a non-complex one stored on PC. The likelihood of the paper getting stolen or compromised is WAY less than the PC one via malware, hacking etc.