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TIL that enough technology exists right now to create a solar-powered colony on the moon.

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m1lPy TIL when Théodore Géricault was painting “The Raft of the Medusa,” he met with survivors of the disaster, built a replica raft, and purchased multiple human limbs and a severed head which he took back to his studio in order to accurately portray the colour and texture of decaying flesh. [NSFW]
AB77 TIL hacker Samy Kamkar created a Myspace virus, which made anyone that looked at his profile automatically become his Myspace friend. It spread at a rate of 1000 accounts becoming his friend every second, resulting in over 1 million friends. Samy was raided by the Secret Service and got probation.
yQraX TIL That Big Whisky, Wyoming (the setting of Unforgiven, 1992) was built on a prairie in Canada, and was complete with real buildings and working appliances, built from the ground up by the crew just for the film.
YxRr TIL in the native language of Papua New Guinea (Pidgin) the word helicopter translates to ‘Mixmaster blong Jesus Christ’ referring to a helicopter looking like a cooking utensil belonging to Jesus Christ.
ZpdgG TIL: Japanese Gossip Youtuber, GaaSyy, won an election, but became the first parliament member to be expelled in 72 years for not showing up for work in almost a year. He campaigned from Dubai using his 1.2 million subscribers and won the election. However, he never returned to Japan.