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TIL Tesla wouldn’t speak to women who wore pearl jewelry.

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P17AE TIL that the "City" of "Rancho Cucamonga" in the US State of California; is believed to be named after a ~historically "local" Native American term/phrase which implied the designation of; a "Sandy Place", a "Place of Many Springs", or, of, "The Place of the Light over the Mountain".
Y77Kd TIL that NASA planned to send astronauts to Mars in 1981 using Nerva nuclear rockets but congress cut NASA's funding and Nixon cancelled the Nerva project entirely in 1973, causing Nasa to focus on the development of the Space Shuttle instead
QNLnp TIL of Virginia planter Robert Carter. Iluenced by his Baptist faith, Carter began what became the largest manumission and release of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves and settling many on his land.
d8agd TIL that most insect noises you hear are them either having sex or asking for sex from females.
7Q8L TIL If North Korea detonated its largest nuclear device (7 Kilotons) at the White House, it wouldn’t even reach the Lincoln Memorial just up the street.