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TIL: Only 40% of Large NEOs (Near Earth Asteroids) have been identified

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kOl4e TIL that an underground beer pipeline had been built in 2017 for the Wacken Open Air (WOA) hard rock festival, in northern Germany. The pipeline was 7 km long.
n5nP TIL There is an inn on the Canadian American border that encourages guests to spot illegal trespassers by supplying them with night vision goggles
lWWr TIL that NASA wanted to send Caroll Spinney, the actor who plays Big Bird to space via the ill-fated Challenger Space Shuttle in 1986 to interest children in space. However, the Big Bird suit was too big for the shuttle, so he was replaced by teacher Christa McAuliffe.
wbA1 TIL that Fred Phelps was excommunicated from the Westboro Baptist Church before his death for having a change of heart about his religious beliefs and acknowledging the ‘Equality House,’ a local LGBT support organization, as “good people.”
ANkXx TIL there's a permanent scale model solar system in Sweden, with a huge globe arena as the sun.