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TIL that baby kittens and puppies can’t urinate and defecate on their own

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awxZb TIL the Apollo program was named after the Greek god of light, music, and the Sun, by NASA manager Abe Silverstein. Silverstein chose the name at home one evening, early in 1960, because he felt "Apollo riding his chariot across the Sun was appropriate to the grand scale of the proposed program."
16a4D TIL that in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada they have a free giveaway weekend where people simply put their unwanted stuff out on the pavement and if you want it you simply take it home
160QP TIL the Walker Brothers weren't brothers and their surnames weren't Walker (real names being John Maus, Scott Engel and Gary Leeds).
PYdVV TIL Marijuana flowers are either male or female. Many marijuana plants have either only male or only female flowers, but some have both on the same plant.
x644b TIL Rudy Kurniawan sold an estimated $150 million worth of fraudulent wine between 2002-2012, which he produced himself in his California home. His scheme started to unravel when wine producer Domaine Ponsot caught him selling Ponsot wines that were never made. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison