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TIL Cubesats are a standardized system for small satellites, making launch and deployment easier.

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JYvek TIL about the Berkeley Pit, a 270-metre deep US "lake" filled with liquid toxins and acid. Thousands of geese died upon landing in it one night; today, birds are scared off the site with gunshots. The state of Montana charges every visitor to the lake 2 dollars. It has its own gift shop.
lbNa TIL that in 2015, two day care employees in New Jersey were imprisoned for running a toddler fight club among a dozen boys and girls aged 4-6
0wZ05 TIL that almost a month after the Titanic sank, a lifeboat from it containing three decomposed bodies was found 200 miles away
1aD7 TIL Belgian King Leopold II killed around 10 million people in 40 years and most of the world doesn’t even know it happened.
W7vVA TIL that after a week into the general run of the movie 'The Shining', Kubrick cut a scene at the end that took place in a hospital, where it's explained that Jack's body couldn't be found. The scene was physically cut out of prints by projectionists and sent back to the studio