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TIL one year of fossil-fueled space rocket launches creates as much black carbon as the global aviation industry in the same period.

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ojpE TIL The founder of AA, Dr. Bill Wilson, developed his 12 step program par the advice of a 15th century monk, whom he communed with via ouiji board.
XEGJ6 TIL that the Henry Ford Company eventually became Cadillac where a man named Jack Taylor worked. He made renting a vehicle easy and eventually founded Enterprise Ren-A-Car. A business named after the Aircraft Carrier he was stationed on.
P0lJ TIL - There is a performance artist whose art includes eating human flesh in public places and is living proof that England does not have an anti-cannibalism statute. He has, however, been arrested for making earrings out of human fetuses.
4kDWN TIL the NY Times Square ball is: 12 feet in diameter, weighs nearly 12,000 pounds, is covered with 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles, is lit by 32,256 LED lights, and can display billions of colors and patterns
Wklv4 TIL the actor who played Michael Myers was also a screenwriter and went on to direct several major motion pictures including The Last Starfighter, The Boy Who Could Fly, Dennis the Menace, and Major Payne