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TIL: Nasa had a 400$ fine for littering in the australian outback due to debris from skylab

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l6kB TIL The president and CEO of Gearbox Software Bought Penn Jillette’s Ponytail for $25,000
m1wdy TIL about Tuffi the elephant. In 1950 Tuffi the elephant survived a fall from the suspended railway (Schwebebahn) into the river Wupper 12 meters below with just minor injuries. She went on to work in circuses until her death in 1989.
njZG TIL there was a subspecies a human known as homo florsiensis which went extinct only 12,000 years ago. They grew no larger than 4 feet tall and have been nicknamed “hobbits” by scientists.
x68p0 TIL there's a statue of Uma Thurman's naked grandma at Sweden's southernmost point
nJbB TIL that when Anne Richards was running for Governor of Texas in 1991 her opponent Clayton Williams shot himself in the foot (figuratively) by stating “ Rape is like bad weather…if it’s inevitable lay back, relax and enjoy it..”