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TIL Earth has a planetary protection officer, who is responsible for keeping invasive extraterrestrial species at bay

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R5kk6 TIL it’s legal to send someone a box of sh*t through the mail…
Neye TIL of Hitlers plan to collect thousands of Jewish artifacts to build the “Museum of An Extinct Race”
VBoaG TIL that the commonly repeated stat that "70% of lottery winners go bankrupt in 7 years" is completely false - the stat was made up by someone in a panel discussion and is completely unverifiable but has been recirculated and recited in countless articles since then.
77XO TIL Ecuador uses the USD as their official currency, and prefer using the Sacagawea dollar.
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