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N75m6 TIL after successfully winning the online poll to name the ISS module 'Colbert' after Stephen Colbert, NASA went with the eighth most popular name 'Tranquility'. To honor his winning, they named the new station treadmill Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT).
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XEoLE TIL about the Compaq Concerto. A tablet computer released in 1993, it featured a touch screen, a detachable keyboard, and a version of Windows 3.1 for pen computing.
x6577 TIL name of the Halliburton Company is inscribed on the dome of the Oklahoma State Capitol Building