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TIL NASA plans to lasso an asteroid and drag it to the moon for astronauts to walk on.

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AD7O7 TIL as part of an April Fool's Day prank in 1989, a TV news station in Seattle reported that the city's iconic Space Needle had collapsed. So many people called 911 that the lines went down, and medical professionals left from hours away to volunteer in the 'recovery' efforts.
KrBE TIL that the voice of Snow White, Adriana Caselotti, in the original 1937 film was only paid $20 a day, totalling $970; while the dwarves were each paid $150 a day.
e0EZJ TIL that there have been declared nations that lasted less than one day, including an 8 second claim of independence by the Catalonian prime minister during a speech in 2017
yPOa TIL that Ingo Potrykus, the co-inventor of golden rice (a genetically engineered, vitamin-A-rich strain of rice that could save millions of lives in developing countries), has called for his product to be distributed for free to poor farmers.
yQ95a TIL the tropical fruits lychee, rambutan, longan, guinep, guarana - and strangest of all, maple syrup - all come from the Sapindaceae family of trees.