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TIL astronauts on the International Space Station see around 15 sunrises and sunsets every day

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v1KBx TIL that the creator of peanut M&Ms, Forrest Mars, was actually allergic to peanuts
rRmRW TIL - To avoid tariffs, Mercedes Benz disassembles brand new German built and tested vans, ships the separated components to the USA, then reassembles the vans in a factory in Charleston SC. The one US made component is the battery.
wLkp7 TIL of death sentence with reprieve, a punishment in which the criminal is given a two year suspended sentence before execution. By abstaining from additional crimes during the two years, the criminal can reduce the sentence to life imprisonment, or, by committing good deeds, a fixed-term sentence.
QNPj6 TIL about the Zebra Murders, a string of racially motivated murders in the early 1970s in California
W7grB TIL of Virgin boy eggs, which are eggs boiled in the urine of boys under 10 (and someone's job is to canvas school urinals)