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TIL The fastest man made object ever made (at 157,078 mph) is Helios 2, a spacecraft launched in 1976, currently orbiting the Sun.

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LkMKd TIL that in 1989, a pilotless Soviet Air Force jet fighter crashed into a house in Belgium, killing one person. The pilot had ejected over an hour earlier over Poland after experiencing technical problems.
d8pgj TIL on 1829, Anne Royall, the first female journalist in the United States, was found guilty of being a "common scold" and sentenced to the ducking stool until the punishment was changed to a $10 fine
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