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TIL NASA has 2 satellites chasing eachother around the Earth tracking the distance between themselves to measure gravitational anomalies. Their nicknames are Tom & Jerry!

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R7Lkj TIL About Rachel Corrie, an American Peace Activist that was killed by Israeli Defense Forces when they were bulldozing Palestinian homes
GAWR5 TIL Canada shares a border with Denmark as of 2022 following the resolution of the “Whiskey Wars”
Wkd4d TIL Ecuador, located on the equator, means 'equator' in Spanish.
awO80 TIL that in Japanese Folklore, Seto taishō is a tiny little soldier pieced together out of chipped teacups and cracked dishes. It runs about the kitchen on tiny spoons, wielding knives or chopsticks as swords or spears and loves to chase the cooking staff around the kitchen, causing chaos.
eL96 TIL that flossing was dropped from the US government’s dietary guidelines because no reliable study exist to prove its health benefits.