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TIL that Astronaut Ice Cream flew on only one mission. It was too crumbly, not very popular with the Astronauts, and the technology to carry up real ice cream was in place by 1972.

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jN95n TIL While accounting for merely 3% of Taiwan’s total land area, Yushan National Park has half of Taiwan’s native plant species growing within its boundaries. In surveys, there are 2,522 different kinds of plants found in the park
ryX0 TIL The US spent $60 billion rebuilding Iraq after the 2003 war. There is virtually nothing to show for the money. Most of the money seems to have been stolen by US defense contractors, and there’s virtually nothing in Iraq to show for the rebuilding effort.
DomV TIL that gray whales mate in threes; the non-dominant male just acts as a brace to hold the female in place so that she doesn’t float away.
wLBG7 TIL about Jolt Cola, created in the 1980s as a stimulant for students and young professionals with the slogan "All the sugar, twice the caffeine!"
KEA9 TIL that the official motto for the California Conservation Corps is “Hard work, low pay, miserable conditions…and more!”