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TIL that Earth-Moon Lagrange points have been targeted orbits for past satellite launches

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yQKR8 TIL of a German art project called the Time Pyramid. It consists of 120 concrete blocks, but only one block is placed every 10 years. So far, 3 blocks have been placed. It is scheduled to be completed in the year 3183
9wwap TIL Fruit flies have a gene named “Jim Lovell”, after the famous astronaut, which is necessary for flies to respond to gravity
jLjE TIL that Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing is made by Clorox and you can cheaply buy it in 20lb bags of powder that turn into 100 gallons of dressing.
WkkeL TIL Jake Gyllenhaal Is the Godfather of Heath Ledger's daughter
ND8N TIL in the 1920s, as a joke, newly hired engineers at General Electric would be told to develop a frosted lightbulb, which the experienced engineers believed to be impossible. In 1925, newly hired Marvin Pipkin got the assignment, and astonished his peers by succeeding.