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TIL the satellite LES-1 ceased transmissions in 1967, but randomly started transmitting again in 2012.

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N7MMb TIL about Werner Goldberg, a blond-haired blue-eyed German soldier who was used in Nazi propoganda and recruiting as the "ideal German Soldier". He was later dismissed as he was part Jewish.
5YDVk TIL Black Raspberries aren't blackberries. Blackberries have a torus (stem) in them while Black Raspberries are hollow and sweeter
Z8JvR TIL The National School Lunch Act of 1946 was passed, in part, because of the number of draftee's that were rejected during WWII due to being malnourished.
x6BZb TIL David Attenborough, as a young TV producer, was instrumental in tennis balls being the colour they are today.
BDBy TIL that between 1941-1944, Turkish diplomats saved thousands of Jews by issuing them Turkish passports and sometimes pulling them off trains headed for the death camps. Among these diplomats was Necdet Kent, whose son Muhtar Kent, is the current chairman and former chief executive of Coca-Cola.