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TIL SAOCOM 1B is an Earth observation satellite that was launched on August 30, 2020 by the Argentine Space Agency (CONAE):

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WkRPB TIL that former Zimbabwean President Canaan Banana made it illegal to joke about his name in 1982
NE81 TIL Hugh Hefner’s father, a public accountant, turned him down when he needed money to start Playboy as he did not think the magazine was a good business investment. However, as he was about to leave, his mother took him aside and gave him a $1000 cheque from her savings to help his venture
EBRW TIL the “Share a Coke” campaign—where Coca-Cola replaced its name on bottles with people’s first names —increased Coca-Cola’s U.S. sales by more than 2 percent and, in doing so, helped reverse more than 10 years of decline in Coke consumption in the U.S.
N75LM TIL there was much pressure from Columbia Pictures for the "Men in Black" music video to help the movie succeed. With just weeks before the film’s release, Will Smith devised a last minute idea to do a dance-off with a CGI alien. Smith spent late nights learning the steps and they shot it in 4 days.
gbGA TIL “Made in Germany” was introduced by Britain to protect its people from “bad” import goods into the empire. But it backfired as most people noticed “Made in Germany” as a mark of quality instead.