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TIL A Spaceplane is in development set to launch in 2023

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yVBRl TIL the use of blinding laser weapons was outlawed under the 1995 Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons and prohibited the use of “laser weapons specifically designed, as their sole combat function or as one of their combat functions, to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision.”
vP5Rj TIL that the oldest penis graffiti/carvings was found on the limestone cliffs of a remote Greek island of Astypalaia. The graffiti also includes the phrase "Nikasitimos was here mounting Timiona."
5Y96R TIL: That 'Aryan' and 'Iran' and 'Iranian' all come from the same word, and some of the 'purest' of Aryans are Kashmiri, Romani Gypsies and Punjabi.
AD4po TIL that according to the FCC, as of 2018, there are still 100,000 pay phones left in the United States.
Egyk0 TIL that Married with Children star Ed O'Neill was working as a substitute teacher at his high school alma mater when he decided to pursue acting.