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TIL One-third of the world cannot see the Milky Way

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BgRmL TIL studies suggest that from 1970 to 1976, the IHS (Indian Health Service) sterilized between 25-50% of Native American women of child-bearing age.
XvrQ TIL that in 1968, a bomber carrying 4 nuclear weapons crashed over an icy bay in Greenland. The recovered debris only accounted for 3 out of the 4 weapons, and searches for the missing bomb under the ice were unsuccessful.
VykD TIL In the high desert of northwestern Nevada lies the McFurthest spot of the continental United States. The spot furthest away from any McDonalds restaurant, 115 miles as the crow flies.
LVQP TIL that Neil Armstrong was a BAMF. During Apollo 11’s lunar module descent, the computer began to malfunction, so Armstrong turned it off and landed it himself…with 20 seconds of fuel remaining.
lo14N TIL The Moon Is Bigger Than Pluto