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TIL John Adams, America’s 2nd President, said America was not founded on Christianity and was not against Islam.

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4Xxko TIL about the 100 Year Starship, a joint DARPA and NASA project that aims to discover the technology necessary for interstellar travel within 100 years.
XwgX TIL an MIT geek in the 70’s convinced a record label he had a band recording an album in LA. In reality he mixed the entire thing himself from old homemade demo tapes in a run-down basement in Boston. It only cost a few thousand dollars to create, and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide
Q9Rp TiL The longest distance traveld by a Pony Express rider was 322 miles over dangerous portions, used 21 horses, and was completed in 21 hours and 40 minutes. His age 15; his name, Buffalo Bill.
OoWva TIL that the jumping spider, Nefertiti, was launched to the ISS to observe if it could catch prey in microgravity. It succeeded in catching prey by learning to walk slowly, rather than leaping, as this species usually does. It survived reentry and readjusted to full gravity before its natural death.
4XPPw TIL James Stewart suggested to the director of Harvey that he change some shots to make them wider so that "Harvey," the 6'3" invisible rabbit, would be in frame.