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SciShow Space takes you into Low Earth Orbit to explain how artificial satellites get up there and stay there -- at least for a while.

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JeYl TIL that the collective noun for a group of flamingos is a flamboyance; for butterflies, a kaleidoscope.
1VwX TIL that before Guns N'Roses, Slash once auditioned for the band Poison, he decided not to join when he was asked about wearing make up.
QNRRe TIL in September 2011, the state of Texas abolished all special last meal requests for death row inmates.
OGPA4 TIL about a man named Tricongius (meaning '3 gallon man') who was a celebrity in ancient Rome because of his ability to drink 3 gallons of wine in a single sitting. The Roman Emperor Tiberius is said to have been very impressed with him