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TIL there are 96 bags of human waste on the moon.

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Wkb4N TIL about an actual U.S. Supreme Court case officially known as United States v. 422 Casks of Wine (where the US sued 422 casks of wine and lost)
pYZGO TIL that the Tower of B*bel was built to avoid a second fl**d by humans who all spoke a single language. As a result, they were punished by being scattered and made to speak different languages, so they could no longer understand each other
e0bbg TIL that the mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, Woodrow Wilson Mann, was the one who requested that President Eisenhower send in federal troops to enforce integration during the Little Rock Nine crisis.
rRp61 TIL of the Call of the Void, which is a sudden impulse to jump off high places, swerve your car into oncoming traffic, or cut yourself while holding a sharp object. It’s a common phenomenon, with one study concluded that it is likely related to the wiring of your brain.
R5bDl TIL that Sweden actually formed a bureau to protect its citizenry from disinformation that threatens its democracy