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

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XEvYX TIL about Empress Wu - China’s one and only female ruler. Harshly demonized by her contemporary historians during the Tang Dynasty, she was an ambitious and steadfast leader who strived to allow women the same rights as men.
W7Z4X TIL after learning he would lose the Tonight Show on NBC, Conan O'brien unveiled a new character on the show, the Bugatti Veyron Mouse, adorned with fake mouse ears and accompanied by a master recording of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction", just because. It cost NBC a total of $1.5 million.
9wVZm TIL that tyromancy is the practice of foretelling the future with cheese
jdOR TIL that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs won Walt Disney a special kind of Oscar:It consisted of one full size Oscar and seven miniature ones.
ep7kg TIL about Rosie Ruiz. She was the "Winner" of the Boston Marathon in 1980 only to be found out that she cheated. She qualified by being a NY Marathon runner of which was found to be false as well. She was also convicted of fraud in 1982 and cocaine distribution in 1983.