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TIL the Japanese created a silicone toy called Mugen Puchipuchi designed to mimic the sensation of popping bubble wrap for infinite number of times

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kOK5W TIL: Robert Moses who built bridges across his parkways low in order to "restrict the use of state parks by poor and lower-middle-class families," who did not own cars and would arrive by bus
vPaPB TIL of "Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome" where the body doesn't respond to testosterone so they have the genetic makeup of a man while showing the physical traits of a woman
M6Yb TIL there are four bags of astronaut poop on the moon left behind from Neil Armstrong on his Apollo mission to the moon.
loAjG TIL about the blackpoll warbler, a 5-inch-long bird that weighs about as much as a ballpoint pen. In their fall migration they take off from the northeastern US and don't stop flying until they reach South America- 72 to 88 hours and 1900 miles of nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean is involved.
VMxRQ TIL a woman was killed by a tiger in Beijing during a safari drive through. One woman exited the car and the tiger grabbed her and her mom tried to rescue her and died. The daughter then sued the zoo.