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TIL. Astronauts left mirrors on the moon for scientists on earth to bounce lasers off.

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Lkbpd TIL that the title theme from Punch Out (1987) was originally the Gillette razor company jingle- the "Look Sharp, Be Sharp March"
wLnDP TIL the third wife of emperor Claudius, Messalina, was so bold that she publicly married another man while Claudius was out of Rome, apparently in a coup attempt against the emperor. Claudius was informed and found his family's heirlooms in the new husband's home. The pair were predictably executed
dDe7Z TIL - A paleobiologist said "Our best guess is that the mammal was in the middle of attacking the dinosaur," about a recently found fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur.
kOo15 TIL In 2013 an 82 year old nun broke into a government complex that housed nuclear missiles and spray painted anti-war slogans; she was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
16Xvd TIL that the word GORILLA is linked to "extreme hairy (African) woman" in Ancient times: 500 BC - Hanno the Navigagators translators told him those are "GORILLAI"... read by yourself