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TIL An electronic ballot is sent to ISS every four years so that american astronauts can vote.

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oRVNK TIL the lunar surface contains 1.1 million metric tons of helium-3. Just 25 tons would meet all of the US energy needs for a year. Helium-3 fusion produces charged particles which are not radioactive. Helium-3 is also renewable, being constantly deposed by solar winds on the surface of the Moon.
QJlxp TIL Meghan Markle's nephew is a marijuana farmer in Oregon. To commemorate her wedding to Prince Harry, he developed a new marijuana variety called "Markle Sparkle".
OGXng TIL that in 2023, a man in Peru was caught with a restaurant delivery bag containing a mummified corpse 600 to 800 years old. The man said the mummy was his "spiritual girlfriend" and referred to it as Juanita. When authorities confiscated the mummy and examined it, it turned out to be a male.
07D1 TIL That a New York man with a 13.5 inch penis has had a lifetime of complete strangers asking if they could see it, and when he was 10, had his first sexual encounter with an 18 year old girl.
nEGP TIL Ethiopia has a celebrity TV chef who believes he can combat his country’s hunger problems by encourating everyone to eat more diverse foods