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TIL There are more than 500,000 pieces of debris floating or orbiting around Earth now. Most of them originated as parts of satellites and rockets.

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W7o54 TIL that moslem women are not allowed to fast during their period. They are also not allowed to pray or enter a mosque. (Patriarchy at it's best?)
EAl7 TIL that while creating the first Tomb Raider video game in 1996, a developer increasing Lara Croft’s breast size by 50% accidentally enlarged them by 150%. Others approved of the change before he fixed the mistake, and the marketing campaign emphasized Lara’s exaggerated body. It became a #1 hit.
D141D TIL the last words of Alex the parrot, “You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you.” Alex was notable for being the first non-human creature to ask an existential question about itself.
D1LXr TIL The movie Spaceballs never merchandised toys because George Lucas told Mel Brooks they'd look too similar to Star Wars toys.
Y7xRx TIL: The stereotype of someone having a seizure say they smell buring toast comes from a real life 1950s case of Dr Wilder Penfield whose patient would smell burning toast before having a seizure