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TIL NASA injected mice with moon dust from the apollo missions, including other species.

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VMj14 Today I Learned that a Far Side cartoon resulted in the tail spikes of a stegosaurus being named "Thagomizer".
woK6W TIL there are more american robins in the US than there are people.
wOrE TIL that despite moving at only 6.5 feet per minute on land, sloths are actually quite competent swimmers, and move 3 times faster in the water. They can even hold their breath for up to 40 minutes.
l4kG TIL the children’s television show “Arthur” did a parody of “South Park”, where aliens come to earth, abduct and try to eat Arthur, but don’t due to his high cholesterol.
RRe6 TIL a NASA intern stole moon rocks from a vault and had sex on them with his girlfriend.