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TIL there will be a rare occurrence of TWO total lunar eclipses in 2014, one in April and one in October.

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GYd7 TIL Marie Curie’s notebooks from the late 19th century are still too radioactive to be handled
VMVA4 TIL of the 2007 Carancas impact event, where a meteor crashed into the ground near the village of Carancas, Peru. 100-200 people who got near the crash site fell ill, and there were reports of livestock dying in the area. The cause of this was determined to be arsenic poisoning.
e0eaD TIL that the United States government operates a single marijuana farm run by the University of Mississippi
W7VVN TIL Black Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan and vegetarian than other Americans
pYxdN TIL that the Super Mario Bros. team initially found it illogical that Mario was hurt by stomping on turtles, leading them to design future games where Mario could safely jump on them. Also, Bowser was originally envisioned as an ox, but was redesigned as a turtle after Osamu Tezuka's suggestion.