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TIL that of the two possible sources of the Wow! (1977) space signal, one would indicate it is heading toward Earth.

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aLDo TIL chief translator for European Parliament, Ioannis Ikonomou, speaks 32 languages fluently, including two dead ones
BrrbK TIL airbags were invented in 1952 when an engineer tried to stop his young daughter from smashing into the dashboard during an accident.
6vww TIL he names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.
nWXKB TIL: Pope Gregory IX issued a Papal Bull in the 11th Century declaring that cats bore Satan’s spirit. Huge numbers of cats were killed throughout Europe, an indirect cause of the Bubonic plague spread by fleas on rats.
oBN78 TIL almost 1 in 4 people with tattoos regret it, meaning about 7.5 million Americans