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TIL space smells like “seared steak” or “hot metal” to astronauts returning from spacewalks

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lJ1N TIL that Tupac Shakur vehemently denied being a “gangsta’ rapper” publicly, & claimed to be misrepresented by the media: “I am not a gangster & never have been. I’m not the thief who grabs your purse…I’m not down with people who steal & hurt others. I’m just a brother who fights back.”
XEvDE TIL during the Great Depression, the mortality rate of the US population actually improved. People lived on average 6 years longer.
wrgJ TIL “Cynical” and “Canine” come from the same Greek word “kynikos” meaning “dog-like”
gdo9 TIL the Finnish make a traditional beer that has the distinct taste of banana
DQAEJ TIL that when Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi ordered an assault on the most holy Sikh temple, security services removed Sikhs from her bodyguards, including one of her favorite guards. She promptly reinstated him, and a few months later he assassinated her.