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TIL: In one season of the Dutch version of “Survivor,” the men and women were split and given their own islands. At the end of 8 days, the men had a “Cafe on the beach,” while the women were stealing from each other and had not yet built a hut; the women approved of a tribe merger.

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worY8 TIL the first food ever smuggled into space was a corned beef sandwich. It was smuggled onboard the Gemini III NASA mission on March 23, 1965 by Astronaut John Young to give to fellow astronaut Gus Grissom. Grissom was not scheduled to eat anything during the 4 hour 52 minute orbital mission.
NXBje TIL of La Mancha Negra, a mysterious substance that keeps appearing on the roads of Caracas. It has caused multiple fatal accidents, and despite extensive analysis no one really knows what it is.
OodWR TIL about Flordelis, a Brazilian pastor and congresswoman. She married one of her 51 adopted children in 1998 and then in 2020 was charged with orchestrating his murder, at the hands of two more of her adopted children
Lk6Gp TIL in 1926, Poland sent the US a birthday card with over 5 million signatures. Polish citizen Leopold Kotnowski visited the White House to present the card for America’s 150th birthday. It has 30,000 pages full of art, photos, poems and pressed flowers.
awkaM TIL in 1896 a temporary, one-day city was named in Texas called Crush, where two locomotives were to be smashed head-on for purposes of spectacle. It was, for a few hours, the 2nd largest city in TX with 40k attendees. The collision caused engine boilers to explode, resulting in death and injuries.