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TIL that now (2012) there are more than 3000 satellites orbiting the planet

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rPNe TIL that the alien language featured in Futurama was completely deciphered by fans only a few hours after the pilot episode finished airing
XnBR TIL the famous Blue Marble photograph was originally oriented with the south pole at the top but was reoriented to fit the more traditional view of north-up.
7rW87 TIL Roughly half of the antacids produced are fed to cows to offset the effects of a forced corn diet.
9YwpM TIL in 1901 Spain, a woman adopted a male identity and married another woman. The couple was later discovered and had to escape to Argentina. Their marriage certificate was never annulled, so this is the first recorded same-sex marriage in Spain, 100 years before it was legal.
yMrw TIL Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in the world, representing 92% of China’s population and 19% of the entire human population. (~1.3 Billion people)