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

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b9yRZ TIL: about “emergency backup goalies” (EBUGs) in the NHL. If a team’s primary and backup goalie are both injured during a game, anyone in the arena can be called on to suit up and play goal. The home team is always expected to have an amateur goalie in the arena.
0dvep TIL the actors on breaking bad were actually taught how to cook ice
e0JP5 TIL rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival played the 1969 Woodstock festival but refused to allow their performance to be included in the movie or on the soundtrack. The Greatful Dead had just finished a long mellow set so when CCR took the stage after midnight most of the audience was asleep.
m1OOp TIL about the Submarine Cable Map, revealing the intricate network of undersea cables connecting countries worldwide.These hidden lifelines carry our digital data across oceans, making Internet literally possible. What's even more intriguing is how a handful of massive corporations own all of these.
eEwD TIL George Washington, 1st President of the United States, Specifically Said that He Didn’t want Political Parties to exist