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TIL: In English, the ligature Æ is called 'Ash'
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TIL that space junk/debris falls back to Earth on a daily basis, and not all re-entries are controlled. The CORDS Reentry Database documents objects and payloads that have reentered earth’s atmosphere since 2000.
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TIL that Stalin, historic leader of the USSR, was a pen-name meaning "man of steel". His real name was Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili.
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TIL Parents who give their children bleach enemas to cure autism have shared photos of "rope worms" expelled from their children, claiming they are parasites killed by the concoction. They are actually intestinal lining.
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TIL in 2002 Iraq submitted a full 11,800 page report to the UN security council stating they had no WMDs, 8000 pages of which were secretly removed by US officials - the fact the report was incomplete was later used to justify the invasion of Iraq
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TIL of Schienenzeppelin, an experimental railcar built in 1930 that moved via double bladed propeller and reached 143 mph. Only one example was built and never put in service due to safety concerns