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TIL the James Webb Space Telescope has detected signs of potential life on exoplanet K2-18b.

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DPKJ TIL that until last year’s fad, the number one buyer of kale was Pizza Hut - as a decoration for their salad bars, not as food.
d7bZ TIL that the Airbus A380 jumbo jet was so well insulated from engine noise that the pilots couldn’t sleep during their rest periods as they could hear every crying baby, snoring passenger, and toilet flush. To combat the problem, Airbus was considering piping ambient noise back into the plane.
Lll9 TIL That the first spacesuits for the Apollo missions were designed by the bra-maker Playtex, not a military contractor. Their designs were so much better than anyone else’s that they had to be taken seriously.
Wo8 TIL There has been one person who has been completely cured of HIV/AIDS
BrWor TIL that Salvador Dali made a painting for prisoners at Rikers Island which hung in the prisoner dining room for 15 years, but when it was moved to the prison lobby for "safekeeping" two prison guards and two wardens stole the painting (replacing it with their own crudely drawn and mismatched fake)