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

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BgJrD TIL about Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart also known as the “ unkillable soldier “. He served in the Boer war, first and second world war. Was shot in his face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear.
BrY7W TIL William Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller's father and patriarch of the incredibly wealthy family, was a con man and snake oil salesman, and intentionally lent money to impoverished farmers to take their land
N5vE TIL Tobey Maguire did 6 months of martial arts, weight training, and intensive gymnastics after the first Peter Parker scenes were shot in Spider-man 1 to shoot the rest of the transformation scene.
6n9Y TIL That the IRS has tax rules about how to claim your child as a dependent if they have been kidnapped.
W7aA TIL that soy sauce activates the neurons of a dead squid causing it to “dance”, and this is a Japanese dish called odori-don.