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TIL that before SpaceX was allowed to land the Falcon9 rockets at Vandenberg California, they had to test if the native sea lions would be bothered by the sonic booms

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QgZk TIL that in every single scene of every episode of Trailer Park Boys, with the exception of the prison scenes, Julian is holding a glass of rum and coke. Even the scenes involving fights and shoot outs.
QJoBL TIL 1 gram of Polonium-210 could kill 50,000,000 people, while giving another 50,000,000 severe radiation sickness.
pYaxN TIL that the United States Postal Service doesn’t own or operate any aircraft. Instead, they contract with companies like FedEx and UPS to help transport mail and packages
Y7nyr TIL that Wan Hu, a 16th-century Chinese official, is said to have attempted to launch himself into outer space in a chair to which 47 rockets were attached. The rockets exploded, and it is said that neither he nor the chair were ever seen again.
0w471 TIL "Blah Blah Blah" saying came from Ancient Greece. The term was "bar bar bar". Taken from the same root as barbarian, it implied the words beings spoken were "meaningless noises",