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TIL that Afghanistan sent an Astronaut into space

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rYPo TIL that before coffee became popular, beer was the most popular drink to go with breakfast in the USA.
woxQ1 TIL about “Snotbot,” a drone used by scientists to fly through whale exhalation plumes to gather information about whale health and ecology, DNA, stress and pregnancy hormones, microbiomes, etc.
awyPJ TIL DMX avoided a maximum jail term for tax fraud when his lawyer played his song "Slippin'" for the judge in order to show X's struggles and how bad his upbringing was.
VJmB TIL a short-lived punk band in Versailles split in 1993. Part of the group went on to become Phoenix, while the other half went on to become Daft Punk.
Q7LX TIL the KKK was denied the permit to Sponsor a segment of Interstate 55 in Missouri; when the federal court declared it unconstituional and the KKK was given the sponsorship the Missouri Legislature renamed the segment “Rosa Parks Highway”