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TIL there is over 400000 pounds of man-made trash and debris on the moon, including 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit

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e0aAJ TIL the opossums are different from possums. Opossums live in North America, while possums live in Australia, and are closely related to kangaroos. Also: the "O" in Opossum isn't always silent.
4aQR TIL The Great White Shark is food for Killer Whales, and that the smell of one of their own, dead in the water, will rapidly drive all of the GW Sharks in the area deep into the ocean and far away from land for the rest of the year.
gygL TIL of Helmuth Hübener, the youngest opponent of the Nazis to be sentenced to death. Upon receiving his sentence, he told the judges “Now I must die, even though I have committed no crime. So now it’s my turn, but your turn will come.”
oRNg7 TIL that the famous author Thomas Pynchon has avoided publicity during his fifty-year career to the point that almost all known photos of him are from the 1950s. However, he voiced himself in two episodes of The Simpsons, where his dialogue consisted entirely of puns on the titles of his books.
R5Lm1 TIL Just Blaze said while working with Eminem on an unspecified song off Em's Recovery album, he told Em that he's drifting off subject in the 2nd verse & his flow was off in the 3rd. Em said didn't hear it. JB thought he blew it until hours later, Em agreed & said after 30 spins he heard it too.