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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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BgJjL TIL Pink Floyd's album "The Wall," and specifically the track "Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)," was banned in South Africa because it was used to protest apartheid education.
GYPl4 TIL that in 1987, Matthew Broderick caused a car crash that killed a mother and her daughter and was only fined $175. Ironically, he appeared in a Honda commercial during the 2012 Super Bowl. The victims' son/brother stated that Broderick "wasn't the greatest choice of drivers, knowing his past."
L0QP TIL The area code (321) 3… 2… 1… is neither arbitrary nor inconsequential. It was assigned to Cape Canaveral Florida to honor the space program.
xVbNb TIL that most of Earth’s oxygen comes from ocean plants like algae and phytoplankton.
6ebX TIL that in France in Sept. 1944, Technician Robert D. Maxwell threw himself on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers. Though badly injured, he survived and was awarded the Medal of Honor.