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TIL when Astronaut Ed Mitchell was asked what it’s like to stand on the moon, he said: “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’

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9YjnM TIL about Tunnel Boom. Compression waves are generated in front of the high-speed train upon entering a tunnel. These compression waves subsequently coalesce into a weak shock wave so that a unpleasant sonic boom is emitted from the tunnel exit.
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D1Jev TIL that shark fin soup does not get its flavor from shark fins. The fins are only there for texture.