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TIL that NASA sent up 2k jellyfish to space in the 90s that multiplied itself and at some pt, there were 60k jellyfish in the space!

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JYPA4 TIL Apples are generally red, green, yellow, but if the right geographical conditions are met, they can apparently grow dark purple, almost black, as well. These rare apples are called Black Diamond and they are currently only grown in the mountains of Tibet.
5VNJQ TIL in 1975 the Hōkūleʻa, a modern but performance-accurate Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe, sailed from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti using only ancient Polynesian wayfinding techniques (non-instrument navigation), likely saving those techniques from extinction.
LQLAP TIL About The Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum which is housed in a converted brassiere factory, located in McLean, Texas. It was officially opened in 1991 and focuses on barbed wire and its history. The museum is thought to have the largest collection of published material concerning barbed wire.
RGvl TIL Musa I of Mali was so wealthy, when he made his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, he had 12,000 slaves who each carried 4 pounds of gold and 80 camels that carried 50-300 pounds of gold. He gave away so much gold to the poor in the areas he visited, it devastated the economy and caused inflation
4X0O5 TIL that up until 2013, a woman living in Paris, France could, in theory, be arrested for wearing pants (trousers) without authorization! This was the result of a forgotten local ordinance from 1800, which was abrogated on the spot for violation of gender equality.