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TIL people with severe aphasia can still do algebra

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alRM TIL China has lost control of its first space station. It will be entering Earth’s atmosphere in 2017, and there is a chance that parts of the station could survive the burn, falling to Earth and causing damage or injuring people
e0KKD TIL that there is a beer named after the Austrian village of Fucking. It is named Fucking Hell and was originally denied a trademark.
4kXwg TIL the history behind the Official Flag of Los Angeles, “Fiesta Flag” representing 3 major Californian crops, and the two nations that ruled the area before it became part of the US.
mxoAx TIL when Ken Mattingly lost his wedding ring during his trip to the Moon, Charlie Duke found it during a spacewalk on the voyage home
LyK9 TIL that Bob Marley had a small melanoma in his toe but refused the amputation because of his Rastafarian beliefs. The melanoma spread and killed him.