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The Space Power Facility, near Sandusky, Ohio, was central to many of Nasa's iconic missions

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GZG1 TIL: Morgan Freeman started acting in movies in 1964 at 27 years old. He didn’t have a starting role until Street Smart in 1987. He was 50.
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6kWw TIL that only one nation in the world has mandatory and enforced with fines, helmet laws for all bicyclists. New Zealand.
69XbZ TIL Canadian Spitfire ace Doug Lindsay with 3 Wingmen were ordered to intercept 40 German Aircraft over France in WW2 and survived destroying 3 enemies.