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TIL the White House has military social aides who's jobs include everything from escorting dignitaries to providing a dance companion or small talk to lonely guests.

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wLoe8 Everybody knows not to shine laser pointers in your eye. They could damage your vision! (Emphasis on could, since your eye’s blink reflex would probably protect your retina.) But what if you were an evil villain determined to make a death ray? How many laser pointers would it take to create a deadly weapon?
aJ9Z TIL Baylor University has 2 live black bears that live on campus and used to go to football games. The school stopped taking them there only after the USDA banned them from doing so.
5YLXP TIL that as of the 2011 census, 44.1% of British Columbia identifies as irreligious.
454w TIL Carl Sagan wanted to include “Here Comes the Sun” on a message to aliens, but the record company was scared of extraterrestrial copyright infringement.
P1xLw TIL The first reference to a space station in fiction was in 1869 and it was made from bricks.