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TIL Depressed people lack HGH, a requirement for growing while sleeping

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D4Ne TIL The first woman in space was not Sally Ride, but Valentina Tereshkova
9DYB TIL Alan Shepard peed in his spacesuit moments before becoming the first American in space
JYvvm TIL that cats moon people and other cats to say hello.
KOoVQ TIL that there are orchids whose flowers look like female bees. When males try to mate with them, they transfer pollen. The Ophrys Apifera species mimics a bee species that went extinct long ago. So, the only memory of the bee is a painting by a dying flower.
Lgdv TIL That a $34 million SR-71 Blackbird fell apart in mid-air due to a 2 inch piece of duct tape