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TIL Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop sold "bio-frequency stickers" made of the "carbon material NASA uses to line space suits" they claimed would "rebalance the energy frequency in our bodies." When alerted to the product, NASA said their spacesuits weren’t even lined with carbon material.

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6En9m TIL about the Norweigen Crusade, were the newly converted vikings sailed to the holy land. Looting and pillaging on their way.
E1BK0 TIL that in 1985, Wong-Staal became the first person to clone HIV and to generate a genetic mapping of the virus which would be used for the research and design of treatments for AIDS.
D1vOV TIL that a wildly popular Canadian TV show (The Red Green Show) made a change to a key segment for its remaining 10 seasons after receiving a single request for it from a blind viewer.
wLMg7 TIL That, "it is entirely possible for dogs and cats to survive and thrive on vegetarian diets". The diets must be nutritionally balanced (i.e. include synthetic taurine and adequate protein).
0w4Dv Today I learned... many California inmates have served time by becoming forest firefighters