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TIL in 1967 The Outer Space Treaty was signed, creating a framework and laws as to what governments can and can’t do in space

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BdEx TIL cake mix used to contain powdered egg, and only needed water; Betty Crocker made the decision to take it out and sales skyrocketed. Due to housewives feeling that the simple step of adding a real egg somehow made the cake more homemade/authentic, and gave them a sense of contribution.
w0XJ TIL that scientists have invented a new, lighter steel that’s as strong as titanium
QVkL TIL: Always Sunny’s creator Rob McElhenny allowed writers from ‘Game of Thrones’ to pen the episode 'Flowers for Charlie’ where Charlie Day is made smart by a scientist and changes completely as a result only to later learn that only his ego had changed.
QJEj9 TIL the producers of The Simpsons considered aborting the series if the second episode’s animation turned out as bad as the first, which was so appalling that after seeing it for the first time, they had to redo 70% of before it could go to air.
1d9d TIL NASA has decided to use Metric Units for all operations on the lunar surface when it returns to the Moon. The Vision for Space Exploration calls for returning astronauts to the Moon by 2020 and eventually setting up a manned lunar outpost.