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TIL NASA astronauts must learn Russian to be considered fully mission capable

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d8lX8 TIL about the growing North American problem of jumping worms brought in from East Asia. They disturb the soil which then erode easily, dries out quickly, and generally makes poor habitat for many plants
wLrM6 TIL Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.
grxDy TIL the planes that struck the World Trade Center Twin Towers weighed 100% more, carried 100% more fuel, and flew 100% faster than the plane whose impact the buildings were designed to withstand, a Boeing 707 airliner flying at landing approach speeds.
wLngP TIL in 1973 before reality TV, an anthropologist sailed across the Atlantic with 11 attractive people of different races/sex/nationalities. Known as the "sex raft" he'd purposely done this to stoke sexual relations, create tension, and purposely sought danger to see if humans would act like monkeys.
6EKRl TIL The last male treasurer of the United States, William Alexander Julian, was in office from 1933-1949. The last 14 treasurers have been women.