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TIL: The US Department of Defense pays the NFL for propaganda

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mx6Mo TIL in 1997 Russia tried manually docking a supply vessel to the Mir space station using only a handheld laser range finder, stopwatch, and remote control joysticks. It went badly, but visiting NASA astronaut Michael Foale managed to save Mir by MacGyvering sailing technique with physics knowledge.
9YDJX TIL typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are all the same type of storm, they're just called differently depending on where they form
GX9j TIL that you’re never actually touching anything. Your atoms’ electrons repel objects when they’re 10^-8 meters away from you, but you can feel the force of the resistance.
epKw5 TIL Edith Kanaka'ole was a major player in preserving Native Hawai'ian culture
mx7QY TIL George Clooney bet Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle $10,000 to spend the night in a haunted house on Lake Como across from Clooneys house with only a candle, 6 matches, and a bottle of wine.