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TIL that the US Gov't GPS was provided to the public in the aftermath of the 1983 Soviet downing of KAL flight 007, after it had strayed off course into Soviet airspace.

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E1mn7 TIL Dave Chappelle agreed to be in 'A Star is Born' after Bradley Cooper flew to a party hosted by Chappelle in Ohio to ask him to join the cast. Cooper had to persistently bother Chappelle before he agreed to be in the film.
awLvL TIL It's official (according to science).....cats are better than dogs...yes!!.
V9XZ TIL The reason meat & seafood in Chinese food restaurants looks, feels, and tastes different is due to a cooking process called “Velveting” in which the meat & seafood is marinated in corn starch, egg whites, & rice wine, then blanched in oil.
mxeVY TIL that owning a property doesn’t always guarantee that you own everything beneath the surface of that property such as oil, coal, or dinosaur bones. “Mineral Rights” can have a separate deed than “Surface Rights.”
gxoX TIL, Russian Scientists discovered seeds 124 feet below permafros that an “Ice Age Squirrel” had buried, the seeds dated back 32,000 years old. They were successfully germinated and a year later created their own seeds.