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TIL of the Tuskegee Experiments

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dD94r TIL: Gravity on the ISS is ~90% of the Earth's. It looks like they're on zero-G because both the astronauts and the ISS are in a continual state of freefall (orbiting the Earth).
VBpo4 TIL that a moment was actually a medieval unit of time lasting about 90 seconds
4Xlww TIL, the city of Auburn Hills, Michigan which is famous for their now-demolished Palace sports arena started off as Pontiac Township which was near the city of Pontiac, and it was originally intended to be renamed Pontiac Heights before the city of Pontiac disapproved that decision.
b9jQ9 TIL Scientists reveal how 34.5 million-year-old fish fossils help build up rare earth mineral deposits used to make LED, wind turbines, and rechargeable batteries
BgMDr TIL of the Declaration of Arbroath (6 April 1320), the Scottish Declaration of Independence, sent to the Pope in support of Robert the Bruce