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TIL that an astronauts space suit costs roughly $12,000,000 USD.

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Dyvv TIL Sprouts that come out of old potatoes are poisonous and can cause an array of symptoms ranging from vomiting to paralysis.
DYZP TIL JetBlue has an E190 plane named “My other ride is a jetBlue A320” and an A320 plane named “My Other Ride Is A JetBlue E190.”
9Y756 TIL in North Korea, this year isn’t 2020; it is the year 108
amlJ TIL Alfie Maddock, a nuclear scientist, was working with the U.K.’s entire supply of plutonium, (about 10 mg) when he spilled it on the lab table. To get it back, he sawed off a chunk of the table, and burned it.
QalE TIL there is a ‘game’ called Space Engine that simulates the entire universe and allows you to explore all of it. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data. It is crowd-funded, and it’s future goals involve making itself into a full SP game. It supports Oculus Rift.