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TIL Edgar Mitchell, one of only 12 people to have walked on the moon, claims that the US and many countries governments have been covering up Alien visitations for over 60 years.

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BrvAr TIL about Black Day, the anti-Valentine's Day, where S. Korean singles dress in black and gather together to eat dark colored food. Jajangmyeon, a savory black bean sauce over noodles, is the preferred dish for those resenting Valentine's to commiserate over.
8anMK TIL of Aardman Animations, a British animation studio based in Bristol. They are known for films using plasticine and clay animations, their most famous characters being Wallace and Gromit. They also did the animation for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" music video
9x1D TIL that the “crunch” of crisps is the result of a hundred or more tiny air bubbles being released at speeds of 300 meters per second… in other words, a crunch is a tiny sonic boom inside your mouth.
wL5wM TIL after the American Physical Society's 1986 conference in Las Vegas, the city asked them never to return, as the MGM Grand casino saw record low profits that week. This is presumed to be because the physicists in attendance knew enough probability theory not to gamble.
Wkpl9 TIL: The Singing Nun, known for her unexpected 1963 hit "Dominique" left her convent in 1966, recorded a single singing the praises of contraception, entered into a lesbian relationship with a woman 11 years younger than her, and ended up committing suicide with her lover in 1985.