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TIL On this day 55 years ago NASA was created by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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5VKr TIL that Neptune was predicted to exist by mathematical calculations well before it was physically observed by telescopes
6kVY TIL about the “Demon Core’, a 6.2 kg subcritical mass of plutonium that briefly went critical during two separate experiments, killing two members of the Manhattan Project
pY5pe TIL: The Pitch Drop Experiment, the World's Longest Running Science Experiment, Has Been Going for Over 90 Years and Has Only Been Observed Live 9 Times.
QlvE TIL special forces are trained to ignore the effects of flashbang grenades by being exposed to them from 100-200 times in training
epxkL TIL that all thoroughbred horses in the Northern Hemisphere have their birthdays observed on January 1. In the Southern Hemisphere, all thoroughbred horses have their birthdays on August 1.