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TIL Matt Damon and Marky Mark have a pact to just go with it whenever someone mistakes one for the other.

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Y7GRW TIL about the 2009 satellite collision where two satellites crashed into each other. Three years later a piece of debris from that collision passed the ISS at a distance of 120 m (390 ft) and all crew members had to take refuge inside two docked spacecraft
6EPgW TIL Beyoncé’s hit “If I were a boy” it’s not original and was released as a single without the author’s permission. The “terms” that Beyonce had come to with were to allow to do a duet together if BC Jean the author of the song were to get her own record deal. That has not happened yet for Jean.
PgMO TILed that there is a permanent underwater laboratory called Aquarius that is owned by NOAA but used by NASA to study how people handle extreme living conditions. Residents are referred to as “aquanauts”.
wLEA1 TIL that when dashboard lights were first used in cars they were called "idiot lights" because drivers were frustrated by the warning lights used in place of gauges, making it more difficult to detect issues early since they only activated after one occurred.
e0Z0g TIL Saturn, an American Alligator born in 1936, who is rumored to have been a favorite of Hitler. After the Battle of Berlin he was captured by the British and given to the Soviets. He was moved to Moscow Zoo after the war where he still lives today.