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TIL Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells

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ZaVD TIL Bob Marley’s final words to his son Ziggy were “Money can’t buy life”.
QkNM TIL that since few Apollo astronauts were willing to admit they were a size “small”, the condom fittings for their space suits’ urine collection assemblies were sized “large”, “gigantic” and “humongous”.
OoZv1 TIL that the first proposal for space travel in English history was made by Oliver Cromwell’s brother-in-law in the 17th century, who thought that we just needed to fly 20 miles above the Earth to be released from its magnetism and sail to other planets to trade with the inhabitants.
R7m96 TIL about Alcubierre's Warp Drive. A theory which, on paper, should work on creating faster than light travel, getting us one step closer to space exploration.
8aNBb TIL Abraham Lincoln's son was almost crushed by a train, only to be rescued by the actor, Edwin Booth. A year later Edwin's brother, John, murdered the President.