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TIL there are actually three Lunar Roving Vehicles parked on the moon. These were left behind from the final three Apollo missions - 15, 16 and 17 (Aug 1971, Apr 1972 and Dec 1972 respectively). For the last 50 years, I have believed only one LRV was ever taken to the moon.

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BrMjb TIL that cast iron pans are a good source of dietary iron
9wKXm TIL about Koro, a syndrome in which individuals have an overpowering belief that their sex organs are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals. Koro is also known as shrinking penis
Egre0 TIL There is a spider bite (Brazilian Wandering Spider) that will give you a raging erection for hours when bitten
epg46 TIL that the platypus is not the only egg-laying mammal. Echnidas share that unique trait.
PYGaE TIL the Spanish Inquisition was devoid of its own budget, meaning it depended exclusively on the confiscation of the goods of the denounced. Due to this organization and possibility of abuse, someone wrote a letter to the king saying of the inquisitors "if they do not burn they do not eat".