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TIL the 2005 NASA Authorization Act established the ISS National Lab on the US segment of the International Space Station. This act opened up the station for academic, private and government access to many of the space stations research facilities.

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eW9n TIL Jackie Chan’s family was so poor he was almost sold to a wealthy British Couple when he was still a baby
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