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TIL with the cost of $367 Billion, a nuclear pulse powered interstellar spaceship can be built with 1968 technology to reach Alpha Centauri in 133 years; Achieving a top speed of 3.3% speed of light.

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4m4w TIL this upcoming weekend two major holidays from Islam and Judaism (Yom Kippur & Eid al-Adha) will coincide in a rare synchrony of the calendars — one is about fasting and the other is about feasting
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pYMoN TIL that the 4th most important lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, supported the KMT and the ROC. He pledge that he would not reincarnate until the Republic of China retook the mainland.