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1aKr TIL that the entire running budget of NASA since it’s inception in 1958 adds up to $526.18 billion. That’s about $173 billion less than the 2008 bank bailout.
b9WjE TIL that in 1999 Brad Pitt rented out a Mexican resort and filled it with friends. He then had the power cut at midnight, the resort raided by the government, and one of his friends "arrested" on drug charges, all as an elaborate prank.
oBZdo TIL a woman was permanently banned from American Airlines after she lit matches mid flight to cover her farts, causing the crew to panic and order an emergency landing.
VMZm TIL that ‘Family Protection Bill’ in Iran “gives men the right to take a second wife without the permission of the first, and it would enshrine a man’s right to have an unlimited number of temporary marriages, which can last from 10 minutes to 99 years.”
Y7elG TIL in Japan they used to keep time so that there was always 6 hours of night and 6 hours of day, so an “hour” changed length in winter and summer