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TIL: China is banned from the International Space Station (ISS)

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BgMBk TIL that the red lights on top of tall buildings in cities are called “aviation obstruction lighting,” and are used to help pilots of low-flying aircraft avoid collisions with otherwise hard-to-see structures.
4MKN TIL after iced trees flattened her wood home, a woman in small-town Mississippi brought in a Boeing 727 to use as a house. It is anchored on the back end while the tip hangs out over a lake and features a Jacuzzi in the former cockpit
W77rY TIL Samantha Trimble was forcibly imprisoned by a mental health clinic aiming to obtain her insurance payouts. She sued them and partially won.
K4ya TIL The bottom 5% of the population in USA is richer than 68% of the world population
x6AxD TIL about Leonard Sly. Born poor in a small town outside of Portsmouth Ohio. He stole chickens to keep from starving. As a youth, a judge ordered him to leave the county. He drifted and ended up in California as a movie stuntman.