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Today I learned that there is a special two-seater suit for astronauts to have sex in space

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d80Zj TIL that loofah (the kind used for scrubbing in the shower) is actually an edible vegetable.
ZBLp TIL that patients in US treated by foreign doctors are less likely to die than those treated by their American-trained colleagues.
J1P1B TIL about Tightwad Bank in Tightwad, MO. Opened in 1984 closed in 2006. Reopened in 2008 and as of 2018 closed. Currently being used as storage w/ plans to be used as an Antique Mall.
kOVjd TIL evidence showed that during the seven and a half months preceding Elvis's death -- from January 1, 1977, to August 16, 1977 -- Doctor Nichopoulos wrote prescriptions for Elvis for at least 8,805 pills, tablets, vials, and injectables. Going back to January 1975, the count was 19,012.
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