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TIL that NASA has 2 satellites chasing each other around the Earth tracking the distance between themselves to measure gravitacional anomalies. Their nicknames are “Tom” and “Jerry”.

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OobPY TIL that nearly every U.S. state with an official state dance selected the Square Dance. I always thought it was just a Texas thing...
Z8M4Q TIL that Cap'n Crunch's full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch, and he's been promoted throughout the years from Commodore to Commander.
kJP67 TIL the FBI and other countries set up a fake "secure" messaging app to monitor criminal communication which led to multiple arrests globally
9w856 TIL the Peregrine Falcon was saved from extinction when scientists invented copulation hats (commonly known as "fuck hats") to mimic female mating and later collect male semen
Y7nav TIL The International UFO Museum & Research Center was opened in Roswell, New Mexico in 1992 by Walter Haut, a been public information officer at Roswell Army Air Field in 1947. Many visitors come numerous times and some spend days or even weeks doing research in the library