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TIL NASA will launch a SpaceX rocket next summer in a test of planetary defense. The rocket will impact a near-earth asteroid in 2022 in an attempt to change its trajectory.

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XxoD TIL That the Pentagon has 2 times more bathrooms than needed because it was built during segregation.
1eNr TIL the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth and divided society into only two classifications: white and colored. It also expanded Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage by criminalizing all marriages between whites and non-whites
XdXD TIL Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin’s manager, is reported to have secured 90% of gate money from concerts performed by them. His trust and loyalty to Led Zeppelin was such that his managerial arrangement with the band was via a gentlemen’s agreement
8aQNZ TIL that the speed of 100km/h was first reached by a car in 1899. The car was fully electric.
699bw TIL about Bhutanese talking stamps, which you can play on a record player to hear folk songs and learn about the history of Bhutan