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TIL that sex in space would be extremely difficult and is a topic of serious discussion amongst the scientific community.

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ADJN4 TIL Bea Arthur from the Golden Girls was one of the first members of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve in WW2, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant before being honorably discharged.
0wNGv TIL that airplane food is heavily seasoned but your sense of taste is dulled when you're on an airplane.
ZbMR TIL of Pope Celestine V, who did not wish to be elected pope. His only act was to pronounce that popes could abdicate, after which he abdicated.
brAN TIL, someone tricked a Nigerian scammer into hand writing an entire Harry Potter novel, the whole 293 pages and scanned with a scan width of 1200 pixel. He offered to pay him $100 per page if he was willing to do the work.
xVVOD TIL that Paul McCartney admitted that the Beatles were all in on the elaborate 'Paul is Dead' hoax as a backup plan in the event that their albums didn't sell.