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TIL that humans have gone to space every year since 1961

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dDw6B TIL About a particular racial slur and it's effects on afflicted communities. Particularly Naggers
0wGKv TIL actor Jon Heder’s famous dance finale in the cultural phenomenon comedy movie "Napoleon Dynamite" was shot with a roll of about 10 minutes of film left. Heder danced three times, and the entire dance sequence in the final cut was taken from those. The film earned $46M from a budget of $400K.
JYvek TIL about the Berkeley Pit, a 270-metre deep US "lake" filled with liquid toxins and acid. Thousands of geese died upon landing in it one night; today, birds are scared off the site with gunshots. The state of Montana charges every visitor to the lake 2 dollars. It has its own gift shop.
D1aNe TIL That on 1961 Brazil and France had a conflict named "The Lobster War", where Brazil argued that they had the right to fish lobsters because "they crawl at the continental shelf" while France contested that "Lobsters swim".
GpQj TIL George Washington gave Harvard University exemption from eminent domain and various other perpetual protections