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TIL that the Voyager 1 Space probe launched by NASA in 1977 has traveled over 14 billion miles away from earth as of 2022.

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gEo8 TIL Elon Musk doesn’t patent any of SpaceX’s technology because their only competition is China, and China ignores patent’s.
P1adZ TIL that there is a Colombian serial killer named Pedro López who has murdered up to 350 children. He was imprisoned but released after 14 years for "Good behavior"
p8kE4 TIL: Runaway truck ramp are long, sand- or gravel-filled lanes connected to a steep downhill grade section of a main road, so large trucks or buses can stop safely, when they have brake problems, through kinetic energy.
XQP8 TIL that on the way to his inauguration, President Franklin Pierce’s only living child was crushed to death in front of him and his wife in a train derailment. Pierce descended into alcoholism, the First Lady into depression, and the country into violence.
R54xl TIL Pope Gregory I influenced the formation of Gregorian style chant and St. Augustine believed putting prayer into song “added such power, it is like praying twice“. Gregorian chant is a monophonic, meaning all singers follow a single melody in unison, producing a haunting effect in churchs