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TIL: NASA Deleted the first line of their mission statement in 2006……“to understand and protect our home planet”

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v9eL TIL a worm sent into space so that its regenerative powers in zero gravity could be studied grew a second head. When the heads are removed they grow back again.
KOJAQ TIL Michelangelo and Leonardo were actually commissioned to paint frescos in the same room on opposite walls and it was to be Florence's premier "event" at the time. They hated each other, bickered, and neither every actually completed their work.
rNVAx TIL that Warren Buffett earned over 99% Of his net wealth after the age of 56
Nwnb TIL the eternal flame at Arc de Triomphe in Paris has only been extinguished once: by drunken Mexican football fans who urinated it after the final of 1998 World Cup, when France defeated Brazil
X8EQ TIL the British royal family refused to flee London during the Blitz, instead choosing to endure the horrific bombings and support the common people during a time of crisis. The Buckingham Palace suffered 9 direct hits, and the royal family earned adoration and respect from across the country.