› added 11 years ago

127

TIL that people estimate NASA’s budget to be 24% of the national budget, on average. It’s currently only ~0.48%.

Read more thespacereview.com

via reddit.com

x65K0 TIL there is a person in India with the first name Rickspringfield.
oBA7L TIL the original quote is "It’s Wing- gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the 'gar' nice and long."
woBP TIL: the people of Oslo, Norway donate the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree every year in gratitude to the people of London for assistance during WWII.
XEmr TIL: A boomerang will still come back to you in a zero gravity pressurised environment
7jQO TIL during World War II a Soviet pilot was shot down while returning from a reconnaissance mission and hid in the woods nearby. When a German fighter pilot landed nearby and got out to investigate, the Soviet pilot rushed out, stole his plane and flew home.