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TIL Harrison Schmitt, the last man to walk on the moon, had an allergic reaction to moondust

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kJXvg TIL of Pythagorean Triple Square Day. This occurs once per century on 9/16/25. The square roots of those numbers make up the Pythagorean triple of 3^2+4^2=5^2.
GYwgj TIL that the song April 29, 1992 (Miami) by Sublime isn't about the South Central Los Angeles riots after the acquittal of four police police officers in the beating of Rodney King. It's about the Long Beach, CA riots that erupted a few days later as a result of the South Central riots.
NX7Jb TIL the average full-time worker earns approximately $2.7 million over their entire lifetime
OGy1X TIL that after filming on Tombstone had wrapped, Kurt Russell bought Val Kilmer a plot in Boothill Graveyard as a gift. Kilmer bought Russell an acre of land overlooking Boothill Graveyard.
x6oRw Today I learned the first vasectomy on record was performed on a dog in 1823.