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TIL the Outer Space Treaty, signed by all major space faring nations, prohibits claiming territory in space or on celestial bodies. Space is considered “the shared heritage of mankind”

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6EppW TIL: Dogs have anal sacs that secrete liquid scent when defecating and this is why they smell butts
oB8XR TIL that if you mix 25 or more random pictures from the internet, you will get orange.
wdOJ TIL Elvis Presley recieved a ‘C’ in his 8th grade music class when his teacher told him he “had no aptitude for singing”
wdK8 TIL a man jumped from a burning plane at 18,000ft without a parachute and survived with a sprained leg. His crew-mates all chanced a crash landing and died.
D1KxV TIL in 1974, a couple disappeared along with their yacht from the uninhabited Palmyra Atoll while vacationing. Theyd feuded with a man on the island, whose boat was not seaworthy and was out of supplies. 7 years later, the wife's body washed ashore Palmyra, and the man was convicted of her murder.