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TIL NASA has it’s own internet radio station called ‘Third Rock Radio’ which plays Indie/Alternative rock music with NASA news items and mission updates embedded throughout the broadcast

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Y7V5v TIL: According to a study from UW and reported by NPR, bad diets are responsible for more deaths than smoking. The study covered 195 countries and ranked their diet. Japan, France, Spain had heathier diets whereas US is ranked 43rd. 800 million eat too little, whereas 1.9billion eat too much.
j98j TIL a scientist cracked his knuckles on one hand for 60 years to prove it did not cause Arthritis. He got an Ig Nobel prize for the discovery
Jra8 TIL of Cymothoa exigua - a parasite that severs the blood vessels of a fish’s tongue and becomes a new functional tongue. Only known parasite to replace an entire organ.
VMVvk TIL: In 1820, the median age in the US was 16.7 years old
Ldwr TIL In the 1920s a new species of hominid was discovered in China and given to the United States during WW2 to protect it from the Japanese. The nearly 200 fossils went missing during the attack on Pearl Harbor and have not been seen since.