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TIL Apollo Mission astronauts have nearly five times higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than other astronauts due to exposure to deep-space radiation.

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b9EYN TIL Bald eagle nests can be 13 feet deep, and 8 feet wide, and can weigh more than 1 ton.
E1aZW TIL Tiny portions of the Wright Flyer were taken to the moon and back aboard Apollo 11 in 1969. Another few were taken aboard the Challenger on it’s final flight, and recovered from the wreckage. All of these pieces are now in display in North Carolina.
QJK4M TIL that 60% of the geysers on Earth are in Yellowstone Park.
jxXE TIL that it rains more on Saturdays, because of the pollution that is built up during the five weekdays.
Bg6pr TIL that there is a single group of indigenous people, the Yupik, who lived in both the Americas and Eurasia (Russia) prior to European discovery of the new world.