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TIL the base tan is a myth and doesn't protect you from skin cancer

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R7nka TIL that astronauts in the 1970s raised the surface temperature of the moon by simply walking on it, exposing the darker soil from under the lighter soil, ultimately causing the moon to absorb more of the sun’s energy.
J1WO8 TIL allowing a patient to die or 'pulling the plug' is considered murder in Kenya. Dying patients must stay alive under palliative care.
b9170 TIL It is illegal for any person whose blood is less than one-half Samoan to own land in American Samoa.
mxkbp TIL The Stella Shouting Contest happens in New Orleans every year to commemorate Tennessee Williams and A Streetcar Named Desire
NXaJ TIL that the first European to describe the circulatory system was burned at the stake for heresy with his own books as the fuel.