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TIL shadows on the moon are much darker than shadows on the Earth due to the lack of atmosphere scattering the sunlight.

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P4Le TIL milk has peptides that mimic the effect of opiates in the brain causing very real cravings and opiate withdrawals for milk lovers.
epA5k TIL about Right-wing spin doctor, Frank Luntz.
PLNG TIL Stephen King once called Glenn Beck “satan’s mentally challenged younger brother”
R7XZ8 TIL that the reason many Hanna Barbera characters had collars and ties was to save money on animation. Separating the head and body allows the body to remain static while the head is animated. This made it so a seven minute cartoon only required around 2,000 drawings, as opposed to the usual 14,000
epxkL TIL that all thoroughbred horses in the Northern Hemisphere have their birthdays observed on January 1. In the Southern Hemisphere, all thoroughbred horses have their birthdays on August 1.