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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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wLKPJ TIL the Nazi greeting was so widespread in Germany by the mid-1930s that department store employees greeted customers with, "Heil Hitler, how may I help you?"
d8b0d TIL Using advanced scanning techniques, Japanese and French scientists have discovered a 30 m long cavity in the Great Pyramid, above the Grand Gallery. The 'big void's purpose may remain forever a mystery, unless authorities approve drilling a small hole and lowering a robot inside to investigate.
5YEkR TIL the FAA manager who ordered all U.S. flights to be grounded on 9/11 was working his first day on the job that day.
aweR0 TIL that US students pledge allegiance to their flag every day.
KO9kQ TIL a Californian politician accidentally left his microphone on during a meeting break and was caught graphically boasting about two different affairs he was having. He resigned less than 15 hours after the story broke.