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TIL there is a Danish rocketry club currently aiming to become the first amateur group to launch a person into space.

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BPdb TIL there was Chinese general who defended a town against 150,000 soldiers with only a lute and his reputation for being clever. He opened the gates and sat on the town wall playing the lute. The opposing general thought it was a trap and retreated.
vPwd8 TIL that children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of brain activity as soldiers exposed to combat.
Lk5p9 TIL the original MR.CLEAN image/mascot used to be a real person in the late 1950's and early 1960's commercials. Dude looks like Agent 47
6yJm TIL In 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the application of Eminent Domain to kick homeowners off of their property so private developers could build hotels, health clubs, and condos in New London, Connecticut. Years later, the abandoned property remains an overgrown, barren field.
E1Nyo TIL that Elizabeth Taylor once reached out to Marlyin Monroe privately and told her “No matter what they write about me, Marilyn, I never deny it. I never confirm it. I just keep smiling and walking forward. You do the same." after the press constantly tried to pit the two against each other.