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TIL Pearl Jam has been calculating the carbon footprint from their tours since 2003, and have donated enough to environmental projects to counter that.

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N7JB1 TIL: The first-ever solar-powered satellite, Vanguard 1, is "the oldest human-made object still in orbit" (plus some of its launch rocket). Launched in 1958, it stopped talking in 1964 but continues orbiting. The three sats older than it (Sputniks 1 & 2, Explorer 1) are no longer in orbit.
nowr TIL 15-year-old Jonathan Lebed was making up to $74,000 a day in the stock market by using internet message boards to manipulate prices. The Government eventually went after him, but he was able to keep half a million dollars of his gains.
L9RV TIL a disgruntled former 7-Eleven owner opened a new convenience store across the street from his old location. He named it 6-Twelve.
69N6W Today I learned that poinsettias were first cultivated by the Aztecs. They were brought to America by Joel Poinsett, from who they get their English name.
adr9 TIL The Bornean Bay Cat is one of the rarest wild cats in the world – Only 12 specimens have been studied between the years of 1874 and 2002, and the species was never caught on film until 2009.