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TIL Scientists have tried to answer the question "Where have all the bloody teaspoons gone?" and discovered they have a half life of 81 days.

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ANw54 TIL the naming of Haumea, the first dwarf planet since Pluto, was held up for years due to a dispute over who should be credited with its discovery. Michael Brown first noticed the planet but Jose Luis Ortiz first announced it. Brown accused Ortiz of fraud while Ortiz accused Brown of manipulation.
womZ1 TIL in the 1980s, NASA had a 1-900 number which charged $2 for the first minute and $.45 for each additional minute. It allowed callers to listen in on a mission status report and mid-flight press conferences, and horrifyingly, thousands of them heard the Challenger explosion in real time.
X0XMj TIL a wealthy New York family originally made their fortune from a brothel during the gold rush
v1am4 TIL Olympus Mons on Mars, the Solar System's largest volcano at 16 miles high and 374 miles wide, is so heavy that it sits in a depression caused by the volcano's weight pressing down on the crust in the area.
0wEny TIL: Emigrate refers to the country you're leaving, whilst immigrate refers to the country you're entering