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TIL a NASA intern stole moon rocks from a vault and had sex on them with his girlfriend.

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Ypwgd TIL the Darien Scheme in 1698 was Scotland’s sole attempt at colonization. The effort failed but cost £400k (£71m inflation-adjusted) – about 20% of the nation’s capital. It crippled Scotland’s economy and was a major factor in its Act of Union with England in 1707, thus forming the United Kingdom.
5YGgD TIL that Pee-wee Herman was in another movie as Pee-wee Herman that wasn't staring him.
D1RDJ TIL about the, Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club. An over 100 year old club of black urban cowboys in the heart of Philadelphia. The tend to horses and teach the youth of the area how to do the same.
dDA7d TIL the former CEO of Heineken was kidnapped and held for ransom by a Dutch organised crime group.
R5bZj TIL that Punjabi and Mexican immigrants who came to the U.S. during the early 20th century intermarried and formed an Indo-Mexican community in Yuba City, California