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TIL a group of amateur astronomers around the world hunt and track government spy satellites. Governments classify these top-secret missions, but a group of dedicated spy hunters tracks the satellites and publishes the data for fun.

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GeOG TIL a clothes shop in Beijing banned Chinese customers and is perfectly legal in China as there is no legal ban on racial discrimination. One employee’s explanation for the ban was that some Chinese customers are too annoying & that Chinese women often try lots of clothing but end up buying nothing.
l7neN TIL that not all spiders that spin webs make them sticky. One of many strategies includes spinning a fine silky lattice that entangles their prey instead.
j9GQ TIL that Brides normally stand on the left of the Groom at a wedding so that his sword hand is free to defend against any other suitors
PYjyE TIL (US-Style) Biscuits are generally of a better quality in the South because they require soft-wheat, which is grown and sold in the South almost exclusively. Soft wheat is better for biscuits but worse for bread - the opposite is true for the hard wheat of the North and West of the US.
d8ylQ TIL that Ozzy Osbourne was bullied by Black Sabbath’s guitarist Tony Iommi in school , and he was only invited into the band after band mate Geezer Butler saw Ozzy advertising in a music shop that he had a P.A.