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TIL There are 96 bags of piss, poop and vomit on the moon

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Me7PW TIL The Richest person in Spain is Amancio Ortega (Fashion chain), Liliane Bettencourt in France (Cosmetics), Maria Franca in Italy (Confectionery), Dietrich Mateschitz in Austria (Energy drinks), Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen in Denmark (Lego toys) and Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken in Holland (Beer).
x6yjD TIL about the Roman Pyramid of Cestius, is 37m tall is one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.
yVk8p TIL in the US in the 70s men were 8 percent points higher to get a college degree - 12 percent of young women had a bachelor's degree, compared to 20 percent of men but in 2020, women are 9 percent points higher to get a college degree, it is 41 percent for women but only to 32 percent for men!
nM1W TIL that Germany during WW2 dropped on Britain propaganda leaflets showing Churchill carrying a machine gun, calling him a “gangster” who encouraged murder. The leaflets stopped when the Nazis realized that they made the prime minister more popular in the UK.
Aaka TIL that a Siamese twin got away with a crime because they could not jail his innocent conjoined twin.