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TIL that India's Mars probe cost less than the film Gravity.

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1Ovd TIL that Jim Abbott, a Major League Baseball pitcher for 10 years, not only won a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics, but also pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993 and was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, all while only having one hand.
GARPJ TIL about the Pulsed energy projectile (PAP). A non lethal technology that can could induce cold burn feelings and other forms of painful sensations. Due to public fear of using it aa a torture tool that wouldn't leave any physical evidence, a U.S military program was discontinued.
4d4R TIL that a 1950s summer camp was actually a secret experiment, with the children being the subjects and the “camp counselors” being research scientists.
wLNpJ TIL the FICO scoring system is routinely updated but, each lender determines if and when it will upgrade to the latest version. This is why a mortgage lender will come up with a very different score than your personal credit score report.
R5kY6 TIL That the late character actor Charles Durning, who was a WWII veteran, was not only the sole survivor of a unit during the Normandy invasion but was one of only three men to escape the infamous Malmedy Massacre during the Battle of the Bulge.