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TIL that the roller coaster Hundeprutterutchebane is Danish for Dog-Fart Roller Coaster

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4XD0X TIL out of the 270 Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters launched, all but four were recovered. Over 5,000 parts were refurbished for reuse after each flight, and the final set of SRBs that launched STS-135 (2011) included parts that flew on 59 previous missions, including STS-1 (1981).
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