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TIL the Pioneer plaque man and woman were originally intended to be shown holding hands, but Carl Sagan soon realized that an extraterrestrial might perceive them as a single creature rather than two organisms.

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LkK90 TIL about a Swiss satellite designed to clean up some of the space debris that orbits the Earth as a result of sending objects in space. A "janitor satellite".
kOppE TIL of Frank Lentini, an Italian boy born with four feet, three legs and two sets of genitals, due to having a parasitic twin.
LQYEP TIL ciguatera fish poisoning, which affects a half million people a year, can be sexually transmitted, can last 20 years, and has no cure.
ovRo TIL Cat’s kidneys are so efficient they can rehydrate by drinking seawater.
OoED7 TIL that in 2008, Minnesotsa passed a state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots, there was an exception for performers in theatrical productions. Some bars got around the ban by printing up playbills, encouraging customers to come in costume, and pronouncing them "actors."