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TIL of Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity

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oBMGL TIL of "Project A119" a plan from 1958 in which the US Air Force wished to nuke the moon in an attempt to show power over the Soviets and also collect data on astrogeology. The project was eventually rejected due to fear of public backlash.
yVklM TIL On Dec 28, 2016, the day after Carrie Fisher’s death, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, had a stroke at the home of her son, Todd, where the family was planning Fisher’s funeral, she died later that day. Reynolds had said, “I want to be with Carrie” immediately before she had the stroke.
XEpbX TIL of Dashrath Manjhi, an Indian man who manually carved a path 110 m long, 9.1 m wide and 7.6 m deep through a hill using only a hammer and chisel over the course of 22 years, shortening travel from his village, Gehlaur, to the town of Gaya from 55km to 15km.
7ZvX TIL Pizza boxes, or any cardboard or paper with grease soaked into it, aren’t usually recycled.
XEPaX TIL 'Organic' food in the EU does not mean 'no pesticides.' It means up to 28 pesticides allowed.