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TIL in 1990 NASA turned the Galileo spacecraft towards Earth to look for signs of life

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nWDdb TIL that graphene is more conductive than copper and stronger than steel!
d8JrE TIL Australia instigated the first naval attack in WW1 where German Steamer SS Pfalz surrendered after being fired on by Fort Nepean in south of Melbourne, Victoria.
8eGla TIL American Falls of Niagara Falls ran dry for several months in 1969 so engineers could inspect and fortify it to prevent/reduce erosion.
GAQW7 TIL that the Glen Campbell song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", was about his future after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It ended up being the last song he recorded.
jpbN TIL that a woman in the UK was sent to three years in prison for wasting police time after reporting a sexual assault. This is despite the fact that “the police had documented the injuries to the back of her head and breasts, the black eye, the bleeding from her vagina.”