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TIL that the Apollo 10 lunar module is 100% intact and orbiting the sun.

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KY9Na TIL an albatross can fly for up to 6 years without landing and travel for 49,000 miles (more than 2 times around the Earth).
Eg4W TIL that there is a Hadith in Islam that states “the ink of a scholar is more holy than the blood of a martyr”.
QJo5d TIL 2 species of seahorses have been found to inhabit the Thames river in the UK.
X0VKX TIL On May 7th, 1952, Geoffrey W.A. Dummer first published the concept of the integrated circuit. This breakthrough allowed complex electronic circuits to be built on a single chip, becoming the foundation for modern computers, smartphones, laptops, and countless other electronic devices.
W1yd TIL that Rep. Tom Moore Jr. once submitted legislation to the Texas legislature in favor of honoring notorious murderer Albert DeSalvo “for his work in ‘population control’” as an April Fool’s Day joke. Without paying any attention to it, it was unanimously passed.