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TIL that astronauts inside the ISS are not experiencing lack of gravity. At that altitude, gravity is about 90% that of the surface of Earth. The station is simply in an endless state of freefall which is what makes things float inside it.

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GYdkg TIL the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer story idea was initially rejected, as in the 1930s red noses were associated with alcoholism and drunkards. The author asked an illustrator friend to draw "cute reindeer," and these drawings convinced management to support the idea.
J1XPQ TIL of Thomas(ine) Hall; an intersex person for whom a Jamestown Court in 1629 could not determine their sex, and thus ruled they were both and ordered them to dress in men's and women's clothing at all times.
GYLlg TIL there is a Solar Library containing the Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, stored in a 5D optical data storage made of quartz, in the glovebox of the Cherry Red Tesla Roadster orbiting the Sun. The Arch library will orbit the Sun for at least 30 millions of years inside Elon's Tesla Roadster
OoOQ1 TIL Founded in 1898, the focus for Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa has shifted from the degradation the Congolese people faced under Belgian rule to an anthropological celebration and a space for contemporary African art. After a $84 million facelift, it became the AfricaMuseum in 2018
lo7ra TIL that in 1959 Guinness dropped 150,000 special “messages in a bottle” into the Atlantic Ocean to celebrate its 200th birthday. Making it one of the longest ad campaigns ever.