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TIL Hackers Could Launch Their Own Satellites to Create an ‘Uncensorable Internet’.

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M7XNA TIL Johnny Cash once got in a fight with an ostrich and lost.
mxVNp Armed with thick, helmet-like plates on their foreheads and powerful legs that can run up to 30 miles per hour, cassowaries are often called “living dinosaurs.”
MeN1m TIL only two male solo artists have had top 40 hits in the each of the last four decades: Michael Jackson and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
7r9Eb TIL hay bales can spontaneously combust if their moisture content exceeds 22%
MWr7 TIL the star Mira has a surface that pulsates in such a way as to increase and decrease its brightness over periods ranging from about 80 to more than 1,000 days. This means sometimes the star is incredibly dim, while other times it is one of the brightest stars in its constellation.