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TIL SMAP The Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite measures soil moisture levels on earth and can predict droughts, monitor floods and predict crop yields for a given year. It can measure all the soil on earth every 2-3 days.

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XgvP TIL that ‘the females of only three species — killer whales, pilot whales, and humans — are thought to carry on living after they pass beyond their reproductive age’.
X4GE TIL there is a temple in India where anyone is welcome regardless of religion: The Lotus Temple.
N7wjE TILA that the sun burns white and it's only because of Earth's atmosphere that we see it as yellow.
nWEZG TIL Wilt Chamberlain is the reason for players to stay behind the foul line when shooting a free throw. In college, thanks to his 7’ height, 7’8” wingspan, and 50” vertical, he would start from top of the key, leap before the foul line, and dunk the ball before he touched the ground in the lane.
78O1p TIL: Einhorn in Ace Ventura and Rachael in Blade Runner were both played by the actress Sean Young. Never connected the two until now, laces out Dan.