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TIL NASA once fixed a broken Hubble Telescope by turning it off and on again

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0Lnv TIL there is an exposed bedrock near Hudson Bay, Canada that is 4.3 billion years old. It is the oldest known rock and was around when the earth was only 200 million years old with no atmosphere or oceans.
6gvX TIL Ronald Reagan was instrumental in passing the Assault Weapons ban in 1994 and was a major proponent of gun control after the assassination attempt on his life.
dDNV7 TIL about Ship Money, a tax on coastal areas of England to promote ship building in times of war. King Charles I tried to levy it in peacetime and to extend it to the inland counties of England without parliamentary approval. It provoked fierce resistance and helped to trigger the English Civil War.
9YNjp TIL that Greeks and Romans polluted the air so much, traces of their lead pollution can be seen in ice caps as far away as Greenland
yV57M TIl since 2005 and redevelopment made by Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, the Alnwick Garden includes a section devoted to intoxicating and poisonous plants such as hemlock, castor oil plant, nightshade, cannabis, coca and opium poppy