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TIL that the act of Kinetic Bombardment (firing large metal rods from a satellite into the Earth’s surface at terminal velocity as a weapon) remains legal

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0w5J5 TIL about Verrückt, which was the world‘s tallest Water Slide at 168ft 7in (51.38m), built by the water park Schlitterbahn. Two years after its opening, a 10-year-old boy was decapitated by the safety net. The owners were charged with manslaughter.
JY8d8 TIL It is only called an acronym when you pronounce the abbreviation as a real word (ex. NASA), otherwise it's known as an initialism (ex. FBI)
woP41 TIL That the slot in slot in the back of medicine cabinets in older homes was to dispose of used flat razor blades and fall down into the wall
vPRkR TIL the median income of people in the U.S. who describe themselves as full-time authors is just $20,300 when including all book-related activities
wLVpo TIL that Switzerland has no president - instead it has a seven member Swiss Federal Council with shared power