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TIL that US Ex-Nazi Rocket Scientist Werner Von Braun wrote a scifi book where the Martian government is ruled by a single leader called "The Elon"

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VBMGk TIL that Greenland sharks may live for over 500 years, making them longest-living vertebrate. They grow so slowly, that they reach their sexual maturity approximately at age of 150.
5dRR TIL a window washer in New York survived a 47-floor fall by hanging onto the aluminum platform, which rode the air like a surfboard creating wind resistance that slowed his descent. He now walks 1-2 miles every day and has finished a 5k charity event.
XQaQ TIL Men in California are legally and financially responsible, by law, for any children their wife bears through infidelity.
no0P TIL Citizens of the UK have the right to see CCTV footage of themselves and get a copy within 40 days of asking for it.
OoPyL TIL there are more Norwegians in America than there are in Norway.