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TIL 5,200 tons of space dust falls on Earth every year

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Dd8V TIL The US Air Force seeded clouds to extend the monsoon season over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Vietnam between 1967 and 72. This lead to a 1977 international treaty outlawing weather warfare.
DQarV TIL that the younger brother of Hermann Göring, Albert, was anti-Nazi and spent World War 2 defying the regime by helping Jews escape and assisting in sabotage efforts. He later was found innocent at the Nuremburg trials. He died with little to no recognition for his efforts during the war.
88n8 TIL after Trent Reznor found out his CD was $30 in Australia, he said “Steal it. Steal, steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealing. Because one way or another these motherfuckers will get it through their head that they’re ripping people off and that’s not right.”
46Oa TIL Cuba has created four anti-cancer vaccines that have gone completely unreported.
EV9w TIL the native americans planted corn, beans, and squash together so that they would benefit eachother. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil that the other plants utilize, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds