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TIL that being in space can cause anemia.

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Lg6p TIL: The Big Lebowski has 292 uses of the word “Fuck”, 161 uses of “Dude” and 147 uses of “Man”, all scripted
wLROM TIL when SkyLab disintegrated over a West Australian town, NASA received a $400 ticket for littering from the rural town that received the debris. A radio DJ raised the funds to pay the ticket in the 90s.
v1PO7 TIL that in 1986, The New Republic's most-boring-headline award went to The New York Times for "Worthwhile Canadian initiative."
ANDn7 TIL that ancient civilizations developed iron tools well before the Iron Age by finding meteorites made of iron and nickel that didn’t require smelting
1aABd TIL, in ancient Egypt, there was an event in which the Pharaoh would ceremoniously ejaculate into the Nile to encourage the fertility of the river.