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TIL "Jingle Bells" was one of the first songs to broadcast from space, in a Christmas-themed prank by Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra.

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4Xjo5 TIL about 'Pteridomania', a Victorian craze for ferns. Numerous ferneries appeared across the countries, with the fern motif 'appearing on everything from christening presents to gravestones and memorials', and even custard cream biscuits.
VMyRG Researchers have found fossils they say determine almost conclusively that every penguin on Earth originally came from modern-day New Zealand.
GYM6g TIL: The Apollo Rocket was mostly handmade.
NXW8 TIL that pornstar Lisa Sparks holds the world record for having sex with the most partners in one day, which she achieved by copulating with 919 men on October 16th, 2004.
w7L6 TIL in 2001 woman stabbed her partner, skinned him and then tried to feed him to his children