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TIL the U.S. is running out of Plutonium-238, which is necessary for space missions because only nuclear power can provide reliable energy so far from the sun for such an extended period of time

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KOjL4 TIL at least 42,000 workers remain trapped on cruise ships without paychecks
yDVM TIL the Mexican Song “La Cucaracha” is about a cockroach that died because it didn’t have marijuana to smoke.
9wlvr TIL of Ettore Majorana, an Italian theoretical physicist who predicted the existence of the neutron and neutrino before disappearing without a trace in 1938
6aXQ TIL USPS Mail Delivery Vehicles are 25-30 years old & use engines designed in the 1970’s that get 10 MPG
jnoM TIL that the movie Trojan Wars with a budget of $15,000,000 has earned only $309 in box office