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TIL about the LASD( Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) deputy gangs

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X0ajR TIL a space wedding occurred in 2003, with the groom on the ISS and the bride at NASA in Houston. The private ceremony was conducted by video, with the bride standing beside a life-size cutout of the groom. The bride marched in to David Bowie's "Absolute Beginners."
1b6d TIL that the U.S. has 3.1% of the world’s children, but consumes 40% of the world’s toys.
rRwK0 TIL that when recording "Heroes", David Bowie used three microphones. One 9 inches away, one 20 feet away, and one just beyond that. Each microphone was muted as the next activated, forcing him to sing at increasing volume to be heard.
gg9L TIL Paleontologists found fossils of “Machimosaurus rex,” a prehistoric crocodile that would have been the size of a bus, 30 ft. long and weighing 3 tons; the skull discovered is over 5 ft. long, the world’s largest sea-dwelling crocodile.
XEZEP TIL that NZ has already planted 149M+ trees as a part of it's 1-billiom tree planting programme by 2028. It's amazing how far they've come and done so with unique models.