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TIL that NASA has one Hubble Telescope pointed at space. The CIA has 15 of them pointed at Earth.

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7redL TIL the Carménère grape was considered extinct. That was until 1994 when a oenologist went to Chile and discovered that the Merlot he was tasting was, in fact, Carménère. Turns out the grape was accidentally planted and preserved when it was mistaken for Merlot.
No41 TIL the amount of heroin required for an overdose is only 5 times higher than the amount needed to get high
D149D TIL Cows are considered sacred in Hindu culture, but India is one of the top four exporters of beef in the world.
wkrY TIL: there is a massive underground labyrinth under downtown Portland
xRnD TIL that a cat called Tibbles made an entire species of bird go extinct in less than a year