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TIL Top Gear featured how NASA can make its own weather.

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ObMa TIL that the US Constitution still allows Congress and the President to issue and sign off on Letters of Marque, essentially allowing a private citizen to become a pirate in the name of the US
Y7yAZ TIL about the Lyrebird, a bird specie local to South Australia. It can mimic at least 20 different bird species. a baby crying, a chainsaw, camera flicker, a car alarm, a fire alarm, gun shots to even laser beam sound effects and many more.
Y7g8A TIL in 1956-1957, the chinese communist party (ccp) launched a campaign called "hundred flowers movement" where they encouraged chinese citizens to give their opinions about the communist party. it failed. then mao zedong, conducted an ideological crackdown to those who criticized the party.
avZJ TIL Sugarhill Gang’s 14 ½ minute “Rapper’s Delight” was recorded in a single take.
egdg TIL King Harald of Norway vowed to remain unmarried for life unless he could marry his true love, the daughter of a cloth merchant. She became the Queen of Norway.