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TIL humans have left over 187,400 kilograms (413,100 lb) of material on the Moon.

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epWxn TIL of Sinis, a mythological bandit slain by Theseus. Sinis would fool his victims by asking for their help in bending pine-trees to the ground, and then release the tree, catapulted the victim into the air
JRGk TIL that when Super Famicom (SNES) first launched in Japan, Nintendo had to ship the consoles in the middle of the night so the Yakuza didn’t hijack them
E1o TIL that Bohemian Rhapsody’s music video was shot in only 4 hours and with a budget of only £4,500
ygX TIL World War 2 is technically still going on, as Japan and Russia have yet to sign a peace treaty with each other. Additionally, both countries continue to lay claim to the Southern Kurile Islands - efforts to diffuse the situation have been unsuccessful.
8e4wX TIL that 706 (now north Georgia) and 905 (now outside Toronto) were area codes for Mexico until 1991.