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TIL Colliding with a 1 centimeter paint fleck in orbit will do the damage of a 550 pound object traveling at 60 MPH on Earth

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kODBB TIL: for April fools Day 1957 the BBC programme panorama made a hoax video exploring the bountiful 'Spaghetti Harvest' that year
PK9L TIL only three humans have ever died outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. All three from the same mission.
X0k06 TIL the company name evian spelled backwards is naive
yVkJ8 TIL there has been one member of the US Congress that was born into royalty. Prince Jonah Kuhio was Hawaiian nobility before the territory was annexed and he served in the House of Reps from 1903-1922. Happy Prince Kuhio Day / 152nd Bday!
9YbGD TIL: King George VI took six months to give up the title of Emperor of India from the date Great Britain relinquished power.