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TIL engineers plan to build a space elevator on the Moon tethered to a counterweight floating in a “Lagrange Point”, a pocket of gravitational equilibrium in our Earth-Moon system. We will sling rockets into space using centrifugal force at the top of the elevator.

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Z84kG TIL that there are still two living leaders from World War 2. The first is the Dalai Lama who was the leader of Tibet. The second is Tsar Simeon II who was the leader of Bulgaria.
jN6RR TIL that a Great Storm devastated England in 1703. The damage included more than 400 destroyed windmills; in some the sails turned so fast that the friction caused the wooden wheels to overheat and catch fire, burning them down.
GANAj TIL Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) as a child was diagnosed with spinal TB. He was wrapped in a full body cast, told he would never walk, and spent most of the first 9 years of his life in hospitals being treated. When he was finally released his family was interned in a camp for the duration of WWII.
JNPm TIL that despite its budget of $45,000,000, Foodfight(2012) has the lowest score for an animation movie in IMDB. It featured the voices of Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff and Eva Longoria.
50bR TIL Pringles are technically not potato chips but a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and some potato flakes