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TIL There is an 'Intergalactic Spaceport' in Wyoming that was intended for inhabitants of Jupiter who might wish to take sanctuary in the town in the event their planet is threatened by collisions from comets or meteors.

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4X9xb TIL that the actor who plays Donald Malarkey in Band of Brothers is also the voice of Steve Smith in American Dad.
5YbR TIL that in 1761, 60 slaves were left for dead by the French on a tiny coral reef in the Pacific Ocean only to be rescued 15 years later.
rOb1 TIL that in 1880, the state of Delaware’s age of consent was 7
XKWR TIL that once a year since 1909, congress plays a baseball games on party lines. Some have hit homeruns out of MLB regulation parks in their 70’s. Wins: Democrats 39, Republicans 41, Ties: 1
neLpP TIL there is a theory that explains advertising wants, international conflicts, friendship and rivlary. Mimetic theory’s key insight is that human desire is not an autonomous process, but a collective one. We want things because other people want them.