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TIL Elon Musk explicitly wrote into SpaceX’s contract with Orbital Outfitters that the that the company’s new spacesuits must look “badass”.

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DXJj TIL Engineers have already managed to design a machine that can make a better version of itself. In a simple test, they couldn’t even understand how the final iteration worked.
xgl0 TIL two nearly identical men with the same name were the reason that fingerprinting was invented
VyJ8 TIL there is an atomic clock in Colorado which is so accurate it will not gain or lose a second over 300 million years.
kO0b7 TIL The singing and playing of the Mexican National Anthem is regulated by law. It may not be altered in any fashion, nor can it be used for commercial or promotional purposes. It may only be performed during solemn acts of official, civic, cultural, scholastic or sport character.
REB7 TIL that Dr. Dre was filmed using airsoft replicas instead of real firearms in “Training Day,” possibly because the film’s armorer couldn’t get permits for him due to his criminal record.