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TIL Rockwall, Texas is named for a rectangular rock wall buried under the city.

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77AO TIL A Mars mission would expose astronauts to radiation levels equivalent to receiving a whole-body CT scan every five or six days and increase their risk of cancer by 5.5%; NASA scientists consider this the “elephant in the room” with regard to any deep space missions
8yRX TIL animals devote so much energy to getting laid that an effective parasite strategy involves disabling the host’s reproductive capabilities and drive, freeing up resources for the parasite and sometimes even extending the host’s lifespan.
VMRbQ TIL Nicolas Cage was initially offered the role of Shrek but he turned it down because he did not want to look like an ogre.
9mxp TIL that Operation Christmas Drop, a training exercise where the US Air Force drops presents and supplies in Micronesia, is the longest running humanitarian air lift in the world. Supplies and presents have been dropped every Christmas since 1952.
WMV4 TIL The original name of color orange was Geoluhread and later people started calling it Orange after the fruit.