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TIL that Seth MacFarlane spoke to Neil DeGrasse Tyson to make sure he got the night sky right in Ted

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E1OPV TIL NASA was sold faulty rocket parts for almost 20 years. An Oregon-based company falsified aluminum certification tests for nearly two decades.
KO6WG TIL That it’s legal to masturbate in public in Italy. Italy’s highest court ruled masturbation in public is not illegal. It is also legal in Sweden as long as “it’s” not directed at anyone.
gMmx7 TIL that bananas have no seeds as they are a sterile hybrid between two species (Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana), and the production of seeds is not necessary to get the fruit. As the plant can only reproduce through cloning, all the bananas in a package are usually clones of the same banana
d4Xd TIL that Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Yemen are yet to have a leader who has completed secondary school.
KbrE TIL Ol Dirty Bastard from the Wu-tang Clan helped lift a ford mustang off of a 4 year old girl who was just in a car accident. Using a false name he visited the girl frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.