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TIL Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic exploration

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KOvKJ TIL Leslie David Baker, who is best known for playing Stanley Hudson on The Office, made a music video about how he likes his sex.
yOV TIL That “Come Together” by the Beatles was originally written as a campaign song for Timothy Leary’s campaign against Ronald Reagan to become Governor of California
PZoV TIL that Tic Tacs are labeled in the US as containing zero sugar because US federal regulations state that if a single serving contains less than 0.5g of sugars it is allowable to express the amount of sugar in a serving as zero, and each Tic Tac weights JUST under 0.5g
dY6j TIL That the story of Jesus, born of a virgin, of royal descent, child teacher, 12 disciples, etc. was not novel at the origins of Christianity and has been a recurring theme in many religious mythologies.
8ak1K TIL In 2015 a heart transplant patient was able to wait for a heart at home after receiving the world's first real artificial heart.