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TIL astronauts do not consume sodas or carbonated drinks in space because the lack of gravity to separate the liquid and gas in the stomach leads to a kind of vomiting called “wet burping”

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Y7j8G TIL that during World War II, the Allies found out that the Germans were using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as a lookout point. A U.S. Army Sergeant who was sent to check for German troops was struck by the tower's beauty and chose not to call for an artillery attack on it.
LQNNm TIL cat fur allergy is not actually for fur bot for proteins in saliva on it.
1BrW TIL one in five men between the ages of 25 and 34 are living with their parents.
8aK7G TIL that Hubei Province in China, which has Wuhan as its capital, is home to about 58.5MM people. That's almost as many as California and New York state combined, living in 71,800 sq miles, or roughly 1.3 New Yorks.
N77XM TIL in 2009 Bon Iver hosted an overnight show in a cemetery in Hollywood. Everyone arrived at midnight, he DJed his favorite songs, they watched a Wes Anderson movie and Planet Earth, a group of buddhist monks performed a blessing, and then he played For Emma straight through at sunrise.