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TIL 5 Of The 10 Deadliest Wars in World History Began In China

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gM7KL TIL Apollo 13 was shot in “a hollowed-out, windowless, padded Boeing 707 jet that climbs to 30,000 ft. and then arcs into a steep dive, creating a 23-second period of weightlessness.” This plane is used by NASA for 0g training.
Z8bev TIL that the music used in the famous anti-pirating ads found on DVDs was, in fact, stolen.
R7eB4 TIL The World Health Organization identified homosexuality as a mental illness through 1992
nWkW7 TIL in 1910 the American Hippo Bill (resolution 23261) was introduced in congress. It had the goal of authorizing the importation and release of hippos in the bayous of america. Both to control an invasive species and as a meat source. It had support strong support, including Roosevelt and the USDA
AAdl TIL that there’s an unknown object in the nearby galaxy m82 that started sending out radio waves. The emission doesn’t look like anything seen before