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TIL NASA astronauts earn $64,724 a year.

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oBjxR TIL the director of the 1969 "Spider-Man" movie shot the wall-climbing scenes by turning the camera sideways.
QJ5De TIL Albert Einstein married his first cousin for his second and final marriage and during that union he had numerous affairs with other women.
R7PZl TIL about tactile illusions, including Aristotle's Illusion: if you cross your fingers and touch the tip of your nose with the tips of both crossed fingers, it feels like you're touching two noses.
N716Q TIL on 1956, to fight school integration, Mississippi repealed its compulsory attendance law
Y7Q8A TIL that trees sleep at night