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TIL that up until at least 2001, cattle that died in the Austrian Alps was blown up rather than hauled away via helicopter

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nWrPB TIL astronomers actually use lasers to project fake stars into the atmosphere, in order to measure & compensate for atmospheric distortions, allowing them a much clearer image of real stars.
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