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TIL that if a space station is large enough you can orbit it

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v1108 TIL there is a place in California named "Slab City" where squatters and artists live with no laws, no water, and no electricity. It is called, "The Last Free Place in America".
NXPa1 TIL not only does water only block 20% of UV rays with 3 feet of depth, but also the water surface reflects UV rays so being around water increases UV exposure
Z887p TIL Jews are often associated as scheming merchants who love money because in the Middle Ages Christians were forbidden to lend out money with interest, Jews were not.
OJ6a TIL that when the screenwriter of Hotel Rwanda called the Rwandan embassy in Washington to get some information, the woman who picked up the phone actually turned out to be a one of the survivors who stayed at the hotel during the Rwandan Genocide.
R7bB9 TIL an Australian court ruled that "cunt" is not an offensive word