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TIL that images from NASA's Lunar Orbiter in the '60s where hi-def even by today standards, but were published as grainy and low-res to hide US spying capabilities

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x61b TIL the most expensive photo ever sold was $4.3 million. It was of a river, and it was photoshopped….
dE47 TIL: A woman with no vagina had oral sex, got stabbed, and got pregnant when the stab allowed the sperm to fertalize her egg.
9YDJX TIL typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are all the same type of storm, they're just called differently depending on where they form
gM5ZL TIL that The price of wine is expected to drop to its lowest levels in five years and the cheaper prices may even last up to three years. Experts predict that as there are more grapes produced, US wine consumers will enjoy the "best wine retail values in 20 years."
gMn9L TIL in 1991 Isaac Wright Jr. was wrongfully convicted of being a drug kingpin in New Jersey and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison, he studied law to pursue his own appeal and extracted a confession of police misconduct from the detective responsible for his conviction, exonerating Wright.