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TIL that astronauts recycle urine and sweat into drinking water

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LWLV TIL an art group designed and released 3D printing models for interconnecting Lego, K'Nex, Duplo, Lincoln Logs and more, allowing any piece to join to any other.
JBrl TIL In 2011, four Wal-Mart employees we fired for disarming a gunman caught shoplifting.
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