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TIL Led Zeppelin was refused entry into Singapore because the band members had long hair

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X0EXD TIL only one spacecraft has ever entered orbit around two separate extraterrestrial objects. The Dawn mission entered the orbit of Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, and then left orbit after a year and traveled to Ceres.
MeX4B TIL that Otto Frank (Anne Frank's father) kept paying the rent for their old apartment until July 1st 1943, they went into hiding on July 6th 1942. Otto hoped that the war would be short and that they could move back in after it was over.
64LX TIL that at the end of WWI, Germany had to pay reparations of 132 billion gold marks. The reparations were not fully paid until 2010, marking the official end of the war.
ogNL TIL: the Ogallala Aquifer, the aquifer that is responsible for supplying water for 30% of the United States agriculture, may be depleted by the 2028. The cause: over farming, as well as the coal and oil industries.
v1g4R TIL There is no US Army base named for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the US, Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, 16th Chief of the Army, and champion of Civil Rights.