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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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m1Oly TIL that Hamida al-Attas, Osama Bin Laden's mother, was just 14 years old at the time when she became Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden's (48 years old) concubine before she was impregnated and married off to Mohammed Bin Laden's business associate, Mohammed al-Attas.
VMBaD TIL The code to inform US troops that South Vietnam was lost and should be evacuated instantly, was a weather report followed by the song "White Christmas"... in April.
l7DNB TIL steam can set off smoke alarms
QJEZ6 TIL Women who have just listened to a love song are then twice as likely to give their phone number to an average looking man they’ve just met, with a view to going on a date.
xZO7 TIL that there is not much science backing the idea that salt is bad for you.