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TIL A class-action lawsuit claims that people who enjoy the night sky with telescopes have been consistently overcharged. The amateur astronomy market in the US is 80% controlled by two companies and the telescope global market is predicted to grow to $294 million annually by 2025

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M7PnW TIL that in 1966, James Meredith, the first black man to be integrated into The University of Mississippi, organized a one man march to encourage African Americans to vote. Shortly into his march, he was shot in the neck, head, and back. Mr. Meredith is still alive.
Y7kYr TIL The UK has a savings account that is also a lottery. Instead of receiving interest, you are in with a chance to win up to £1M every month. You can withdraw all your money at any time. Other countries have tried it but their official lottery got them banned because of their own greed.
BZyx TIL in 2009 Stephen Colbert won a NASA competition to have a module of the ISS named after him, but NASA opted to name it ‘Tranquility’ instead. They did, however, name a treadmill on the ISS after him. It is called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (C.O.L.B.E.R.T.)
0yNR TIL: 76% of all known serial killers in the 20th century were from the United States
16OPD TIL Denver International Airport (Colorado, USA) occupies 52.4 square miles (136 sq km), making DIA larger in land area (excluding water) than the US cities of Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California.