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

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rRYD1 TIL more people have died climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, than have been killed by Everest. Poor planning, dehydration and even losing concentration while taking selfies are to blame.
pY46A TIL the American state of New Mexico was named before the independent country of Mexico
Vpym TIL: US has worse financial inequality than Ukraine…
KgxJ TIL Columbus reported the natives “are so naive and so free with their possessions…they offer to share with anyone…” so he could take “as many slaves as [his Majesties] ask.”
dDkwQ TIL that autocomplete for keyboards was first developed in the 1950s for Chinese typewriters, which required users to navigate through thousands of logographic characters, thus helping people type faster without the need to search for each character.