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TIL When Apollo 12 deliberately crashed the Ascent Stage of its Lunar Module onto the Moon's surface, NASA reported that the Moon rang like a bell for almost an hour, leading to arguments that it must be hollow like a bell.

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D1EwV TIL the American woodcock has the largest visual field of not only any bird, but of any terrestrial vertebrate because its large eyes are set far back and high on its head, causing its brain to be flipped upside down.It rocks back and forth while foraging and eats its body weight in worms every day.
dmxQ TIL that it would have cost NASA more money to fake the moon landing than actually doing it
ZrYD TIL there are pizza farms where all the ingredients to make the pizza they sell is grown on the farm.
ADynw TIL that there is only one genus known to science in which the female has a well-defined organ that can be described as a penis. Neotrogla is a genus of barklice that consists of 4 species, all native to Brazil. Via penises, females drain males of seminal fluid when they are too young to reproduce.
yV70v TIL that during World War I in 1914, German and British soldiers laid down their arms on Christmas, sharing moments of peace and camaraderie.