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TIL NASA plans to grow plants on the moon next year.

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1av4D TIL FOX network refused to pick up the South Park series, saying the talking poo character (Mr. Hankey) would stain "[their] network." The series was then brought to Comedy Central, and it became the highest rated show that made the network one of the fastest-growing U.S. cable channels at the time.
XEgB8 TIL Before antibiotics, patients with Tuberculosis were sent to Colorado Springs as it was believed dry air and sunshine helped in the treatment. TB sanatoriums, or small hut-like structures with ventilation, still litter backyards and properties around the city.
ANgQa TIL you can extract vocals from the vibration of inanimate objects, using a high speed camera.
gMlrA TIL that tomatoes possess the genes to produce capsaicinoids but they are not expressed. Recently, researchers discovered a technique to turn on translation of those genes and they grew spicy tomatoes.
wopbM TIL about the US Navy's Marine Mammal Program which trains dolphins and sea lions to detect, locate, mark and recover objects in harbors, coastal areas, and at depth in the open sea.