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TIL of a NASA position called the "Planetary Protection Officer", and it is a full-time job defending the Earth from aliens- it has existed since the U.S. signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, and pays US$187K a year

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PYaWw TIL that Surveyors have found that the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster( BIG BEN ) has developed a tilt. Experts says even though the tilt is visible to the naked eye, at its current speed, it would take some 4,000 years to reach the angle of the Leaning Tower of PISA.
d5Y9 TIL that Chinese silent movie actress Ruan Lingyu committed suicide at age 24 partly due to the stress caused by the Shanghai gossip tabloids exposing her private life. Her funeral procession was 3 miles long and three women committed suicide during the event.
l7j5K TIL that the French monarchy fell five times and was restored four times in the span of a century, from 1771 to 1871.
GA7x7 TIL about an obscure Egyptian god named Medjed. The only god depicted as forward facing and having 2 eyes. He also bizarrely gained popularity on the Japanese internet shortly after his discovery.
x57g TIL there’s a facility in Dallas called The Anger Room where you can pay to smash things up. They have different settings and you can select different packages with which to work out your frustrations.