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TIL that the Voyager 1 is still alive and well. In December of last year, it used its rockets to maneuver for the first time in 37 years

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4XgbR TIL there is a man (Ioannis Ikonomou) in the European Commission who works as a translator and can speak 47 languages, including 21 of the 24 EU official languages. He can also speak dead languages like Old Church Slavic
OY8g TIL Musician Jim Sullivan recorded an album in 1969 called U.F.O. with cryptic lyrics about desert highways and strange lights. 6 years later he disappeared without a trace, his car abandoned on the desert road.
lAwa TIL that in 1912, 3,020 trees were sent from Yokohama to Washington, D.C., as a gift from the people of Japan to the people of the United States.
yVXwX TIL Eminem produced Tupac's posthumous hit song "Ghetto Gospel". He worked with Tupac's prerecorded verse and sampled it with Elton Jonh's 1971 song called "Indian Sunset".
r9vW TIL a man drove a tank through the Berlin Wall to escape living in East Germany