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TIL that Apollo astronauts were 4-5x more likely than other astronauts to die from heart disease. One theory is that exiting the earth’s magnetosphere exposed them to cosmic rays, which has been shown to damage vascular tissue.

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WbRX TIL when David Bowie wanted walk around in New York without being bothered, he simply carried a greek newspaper, so that people would think “no, that can’t be him”.
ZEW4 TIL spiked dog collars were originally made to protect dog’s necks when attacked by wolves.
9OOB TIL there was a fake French reality show in the style of the Milgram experiment, which made real and unwitting contestants shock someone on TV. 80% of them kept shocking the person (who was just an actor), even after he cried out for them to stop. 60% shocked him till he appeared to die.
yQK0p TIL 36 men volunteered to starve for a year in an experiment, known as the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, to study the psychological and physiological effects of starvation
R5LLa TIL that humans and koala have identical finger prints