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TIL America buys old Soviet warheads to convert to nuclear energy, providing 50% of their nuclear energy.

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QyM TIL Curiosity’s wheels have a pattern that leaves patterned tracks in the sandy surface of Mars. That pattern is used by on-board cameras to judge the distance traveled. The pattern itself is Morse code for “JPL”
p8VDN TIL of the 2009 Satellite Collision: the first time two satellites collided at hypervelocity
8eE7b TIL the opposite of a mule is called a hinny
xQrB TIL Humans have historically had a issue seeing the colour blue
Mel9a TIL primatologist Jane Goodall, actor Brad Pitt and Apple Inc. founder Steve Wozniak all suffer from prosopagnosia or face blindness.