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TIL NASA plans for space station's demise with new SpaceX "Deorbit Vehicle"

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6doW TIL when accused of influencing a suicide pact by backmasking the words “Do it” in one of their songs, Judas Priest said that if they wanted to insert subliminal commands, they would have preferred to insert the command “buy more of our records”.
lo1PB TIL that spaghetti alla puttanesca means “spaghetti in the style of a whore”
xV07 TIL when Galileo presented his version of the telescope to the City of Venice in 1609, he did so at least partially because he needed the money to help support a throng of illegitimate children.
xr8k TIL that when Martha Washington recalled the two saddest days of her life the first was December 14, 1799 when her husband died. The second was in January 1801 when Thomas Jefferson visited Mt Vernon. “Next to the loss of her husband” Jefferson’s visit was the “most painful occurrence of her life.”
M7Blb TIL about neuroathletic training. It focuses on the brain's control system rather than traditional physical movement, using sensory activation to overcome training plateaus. This triggers blocked motor processes, improves movement improve blood flow in the brain, and helps in athletic performances