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TIL that NASA engineers designed a make up kit because they thought female astronauts would want make up in space

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KODa9 TIL about YInMn Blue, the first non-organic shade of blue discovered in over 200 years. It was discovered partly by accident by Mas Subramanian, who is now looking for a similar non-toxic bright-red pigment.
MVxV TIL abundant suicide in teenage girls was thought to be directly caused by lack of early marriage (in other words “sex”) and that a man’s penis kept her healthy
Me9LK TIL the first auto race was held in 1894, from Paris to Rouen, France. The winner had an average speed of 10.2 miles per hour.
5W1r TIL that many police officers maintain that the most realistic police show in the history of television was the sitcom Barney Miller.
aw1JL TIL about Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, a Mexican drug lord who escaped from one of Mexico's highest security prisons by having his goons dig a mile long tunnel to his cell, taking over a year.