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

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VBRmk TIL That in 2013, Sir David Attenborough joined the rock guitarists Brian May and Slash in opposing the government's policy on the cull of badgers in the UK by participating in a song dedicated to badgers.
JYA6B TIL of Enheduanna, a woman who is the earliest known poet and author in history from the 23rd century BC, who was appointed high priestess of the city of Ur by her father Sargon the Great of Akkad who was himself the earliest known emperor in human history.
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