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TIL in 2012, a petition was created urging the U.S. government to create a Death Star, which gained more than 25,000 signatures, enough to qualify for an official response.

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awgYA TIL that when Australian beer companies learned that their bottles were having an observable impact on the jewel beetle population—because male beetles were confusing the "stubbies" for females, and ended up dying in the hot Australian sun, leaving no heirs—the companies changed their beer bottles.
4keMw TIL the Parker Solar Probe has become the fastest man-made object traveling at 430,000 MPH, that's around the earth in about 3 minutes.
wpZo TIL the Church of Scientology ran several smear campaigns against author Paulette Cooper, one of their critics, including Operation Freakout, the goal of which was to have her admitted to a mental institution. Another, Operation Dynamite, used Cooper’s fingerprints to send bomb threats to the Church
WpL9 TIL Penn and Teller sell the Bill of Rights in metal, so when you go through airport security, they’ll have to “take away your Bill of Rights”
woyW TIL that German-Americans form the largest ancestral group in the United States, and comprise 17% of the population