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TIL SpaceX launched nearly half of all space missions in 2023

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kObp5 Today I learned "Bill and Ted" from the "Bill and Ted" movie series are officially not stoners but "they have a nice outlook on life, they like people [and] their friendship"
4XwLo TIL William "Billy" Mitchell was an US army general who was an outspoken proponent of air power and its ability to defeat battleships. Due to his unrelenting criticism of high command's refusal to adapt, he was demoted and court martialed. Today he is regarded as the father of the US Air Force.
LkD1Z TIL that the Apollo computers were 100% reliable, with 2,504 hours of flight time and only 73KB of memory.
dr5r TIL that the Amazon River is both undammed and unbridged along its entire length
ENO7 TIL that not only did the Mormon church not oppose the Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon”, they used the extra attention to promote their religion and even took out ad-space in the playbill