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Today i learned that there is a piece of Art on the Moon

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l6j1 TIL a professor of genetics at Stanford university believes that human intelligence peaked 1,000 years ago, and we’ve been on an intellectual and emotional decline ever since.
VkA0 TIL That the man who holds the world record for the largest Yo-Yo collection also swam half a mile with his foot in his mouth…
dDLp9 TIL The Great Ocean Road in Australia is the world's largest war memorial. It was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I
71bL TIL in 2003, female A-10 Thunderbolt pilot Kim Campbell was heavily lit up by anti-aircraft munitions, flying over Baghdad. The plane lost all hydraulics, rolled left and pointed toward the ground, but after reverting to manual mode she was got control, flew for an hour, and landed without brakes.
Egel7 TIL in 1950 U.S. Senator Edwin C. Johnson’s favorite actress was Ingrid Bergman. However, when it became public knowledge that she had an affair, he introduced legislation banning all Hollywood movies starring amoral actors and actresses. Humiliated, Bergman left the country.