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TIL NASA will text you whenever the International Space Station passes overhead

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VBgPB TIL that in the late 1960s the construction of the Aswan Dam was going to lead to the loss of many Ancient Egyptian structures, so a coalition of 50 countries came together to dismantle the structures and reassemble them out of harm's way. This led to the creation of World Heritage Sites.
pW48 TIL That Thomas Edison offered Nikola Tesla a $50,000 (Roughly 1,000,000 today) bonus if he could improve his dynamo design. Edison refused to pay him claiming it was a joke. Tesla quit immediately.
e0Qrk TIL Peter Jackson was such a big fan of Eli Roth's film Cabin Fever, that he halted post production of Lord Of The Rings twice so that he could screen the movie to his crew
mx5pY TIL Wi-Fi doesn’t stand for anything; it’s a made up word. "IEEE 802.11' didn't have much of a ring to it, and the industry association wanted a catchy name. They came up with wi-fi, and that's what's been used ever since.”
vvo8 TIL there is a company that makes packets of just marshmallows to pour on top of your Lucky Charms because “most cereal makers skimp on their marshmallows.”