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TIL we get more starlight during the day than at night
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TIL the Kepler Conjecture was first posed in 1611 says that the density of stacked spheres in a cube is around 74.05% and was only proven in 2014 due to the astoundingly many different arrangements possible
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TIL The SR-71 did more than just take pictures. It could aim its radar 45 degrees to the side, map the terrain like side scan sonar… intercept enemy comm and radar signals, record its entire flight path with infrared cameras… to prove to countries that it didnt violate their airspace.
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TIL Eric Clapton had to identify Stevie Ray Vaughan's body at the morgue after his fatal helicopter crash.
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TIL about the existence of a medieval New England in Crimea
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TIL Warner Brothers hated the name “Beetlejuice”, and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie “Scared Sheetless” and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.