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TIL - Dry cleaning is very much a wet process, the liquids they use in the washing machines are just solvents instead of water!

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KWQJ TIL that NASA observed that astronauts returning to Earth after spending 6 months in space experienced visual acuity changes. A condition they call “Globe Flattening,” believed to be due to a build-up of pressure that changes the shape of the eyeball which changes the optics.
R7Yg6 TIL: Ash dieback will kill up to 90% of ash trees across the UK
R5rZa TIL that the original Apollo mission was concerned about losing the astronauts and capsule to quicksand on the Moon
oeRL TIL that there is a term for a family with no children, DINK, Dual Income No Kids. In the show Fairly Odd Parents, the Turner’s are often jealous of their rich, childless neighbours, the Dinklebergs.
ZaoD TIL That in 1978 a US Navy ship was supposedly attacked by an unknown species of giant squid