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TIL there is a Family Guy episode which is so controversial FOX will not broadcast it in America.

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D1WEg TIL after the Apollo 11 crew returned to Earth, they were quarantined for 3 weeks to prevent any possible microbes from the Moon infecting Earth. However, Buzz Aldrin saw ants crawling in and out of cracks in the concrete, meaning even smaller microbes could have gotten in and out of quarantine.
ADdo4 TIL nuclear blasts bleach everything around it, leaving behind etchings of anything getting in the way of its light, resulting in 'shadows' of people around the blast site
X04gP TIL that the reason that women get more drunk than men do is not because they are smaller than men, but because their bodies have a higher fat-to-water ratio. The higher water content in men's bodies help to dilute the alcohol, keeping BAC lower.
NGZJ TIL to skip all DVD trailers and warnings, hit STOP, STOP, PLAY on the remote control
ykww TIL that during the civil war, the Union counterfeited Confederate currency and deliberately gave it away in the South to cause massive inflation