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TIL that in 2002 a NASA intern stole a safe full of moon rocks. To celebrate his crime he laid the rocks on a bed and had sex with his girlfriend on top of them.

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8alkX TIL the first widespread book detailing contraception and sexual health was created and published illegally by some Canadian students in 1968. The ‘Birth Control Handbook’ rapidly gained popularity with its critical information and, within a year, millions were distributed across the US and Canada.
GYYm4 TIL Antarctica is classified as a desert because it has less than 25 cm rain per year.
1d74 TIL 20% of all words in the English language are words from Old Norse, the language of the Vikings. Consequently, the modern Scandinavian languages are ranked among the easiest languages to learn for English speakers.
6EvmX TIL that snakes have forked tongues to be able to smell in three dimensions. By picking up odours from slightly different locations they are able to tell the direction and source of the smell.
w9Qo TIL in 2004, doctors treating a virginal Japanese woman discovered an ovarian tumor that had grown into the form of a doll and had a brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessels.