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TIL all the 360 kilogrammes of lunar soil samples brought back from the Apollo missions have now rusted after corroding their vacuum bottle seals and being exposed to water and oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.

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VBLv0 TIL as of 2020, 78.7% of Singapore residents live in public housing, down from a high of 88.0% in 2000
dWXE TIL that Ozzy Osbourne once got so wasted before a meeting with the German head of CBS Europe, he left thinking he had ‘lightened the mood’ with a striptease. In reality, he performed a Nazi goose-step up and down the table before dipping his testicles in, then urinating in, the director’s wine.
A6Xw TIL There are Apple stores in China that are completely counterfeit
69GwZ TIL a cashew nut grows as a fruit and the “nut” is actually a seed. The seed’s skin requires processing because it contains urushiol, a resin that causes skin irritation similar to poison ivy.
VPP0 TIL that the vast majority of vegetarians and vegans eventually return to meat.