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TIL Plastic wrap will help slow bananas down from ripening

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QB7L TIL Neil Armstrong had pieces of the propeller and wing of the Wright Brothers’ Wright Flyer in his pocket as he took mankind’s first steps on the moon.
5Y6KD TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old.
ANlda TIL that model Evelyn Nesbit became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and infamous architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her at the age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden II in the year 1906.
v1vYR TIL the Rocky Mountain Locust once formed a swarm the size of California only to go extinct 30 years later
kOX4E TIL That part of the reason that mummies are so rare is because we ate them.