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TIL the UK’s military satellite family is called Skynet.

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p8mO4 TIL Roughly 2% of the U.S. population, an estimated 620,000 men, died serving in the American Civil War. As a percentage of today's population the toll would have risen as high as 6 million. For every 3 soldiers killed in battle, 5 more died of disease.
P19oG TIL that four drivers were killed over the 11 races of the 1958 Formula 1 season. The eventual world champion was also killed in a crash shortly after the season ended.
kg7E TIL in the ‘60s and '70s, professional bowlers were international celebrities who made twice as much money as NFL stars
PYDdO TIL there's an Arm Wrestling betting/match service called ArmBet
d8Npd TIL On the magnitude scale, brightest objects have the smallest number and the faintest objects have the largest numbers. The full moon has a magnitude of - 12.6 while the brightness of the Sun is about -26.7