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TIL Earth has had several temporary moons

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8aboV TIL Richard Valenzuela, better known as Ritchie Valens, was born in California and only spoke English at home. Valens had to learn the lyrics phonetically to record "La Bamba" in Spanish.
kJ0pm TIL that a 2014 study showed that many human subjects preferred to give themselves a mild electric shock rather than being left alone with their own thoughts
xDpo TIL some of Microsoft’s cloud is underwater and has an undersea data center that takes advantage of the sea’s natural cooling properties.
N0VJ TIL that while working on an early show for Cartoon Network, Archer creator Adam Reed and animator Matt Thompson were generally “heavily intoxicated” at work, once lighting a set on fire “because they thought it would look cool.”
rNr50 TIL 77% of Canadian women have a tertiary education.