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TIL That Luxembourg is aggressively pursuing space mining

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lNQK TIL in 2005 a heavily censored document from the Pentagon was declassified when a reader cut and pasted the text into word, making the censored parts visible.
9wlaG TIL Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software on computers in 1995. First place went to DOOM.
rRAQ0 TIL of the Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin that killed 13 people in 1875. None perished as a result of smoke inhalation or burns. All victims died of alcohol poisoning by drinking the whiskey flowing through the streets.
0aNy TIL post-war Germany established a Federal Agency to give rigorously non-partisan information to prospective voters and prevent any moves to re-establish a totalitarian regime. It now runs a highly respected, non-partisan ‘Who should I vote for?’ website.
XEAXj TIL that babies are color blind when they are born. Color vision begins to develop within a week after birth, and they reach adult levels of visual acuity at about 4-5 years.