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TIL that January 6th was not the first insurection attempt against the US

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epbd4 TIL there is a hill that overlooks UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium where fans can view football games for free. Because of that, it earned the name "Tightwad Hill."
788gM TIL that Voyager 1, the furthest man-made object from Earth, has begun sending incomprehensible data regarding its position, despite working fine otherwise. The fault is believed to be in the systems controlling attitude and articulation, even as the craft keeps it's antenna directed at Earth.
vDVD TIL During WW2, a Cambridge professor accidentally dropped the entire United Kingdom supply of plutonium (10mg) onto a table. He sawed a hole around the spill and burned that bit of table, recovering 9mg from the Ashes. He was found out because he was too tired to fix the table.
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