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TIL that Point Nemo, an area in the southern Pacific Ocean 2,400 mi southeast of Wellington, is also a Spacecraft Cemetery. A total of more than 263 spacecraft were disposed of in this area between 1971 and 2016.

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MeAEb TIL there is a Montana Law that if a student rides a horse to school, the principal has to feed, water, and tend the horse. Six seniors who were aware of this law rode their horses on the last day of school. Their principal did his duty and took care of their horses.
v1VOr TIL that in Germany you have 'Wandergesellen'; young folk that travel for 3 years learning their trade. They only have one distinct pair of clothing, no money and no cellphone. Initiation includes having their ear hammered to a table.
9wvKQ TIL February has 28 days (as opposed to 30) because the Romans wanted to have more 31 day months because they considered even numbers unlucky.
ZpWWY TIL about Joseph Goldberger an epidemiologist in the US Public Health Service. He proved pellagra was due to bad diet, but for years his evidence was disbelieved.
VBAP4 TIL Dan Savage, the American author who founded the non-profit organization "It Gets Better Project" in 2010, is also known for coining, in 2001, the term 'pegging" to describe a woman anally penetrating a man with a strap-on dildo.