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TIL that Nicolas Cage bought a haunted mansion in New Orleans called the LaLaurie Mansion. This place has a super creepy history with torture and murder from the 1800s. Cage got it in 2007, but then it got foreclosed just two years later.

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XEVB8 TIL about NASA's Project Echo "sateloon" from the 1960's where they launched 100 foot in diameter inflatable reflective orbs into space to use as passive comsat relays.
1Rg7 TIL that the “sleep” in your eyes when you wake up helps seal your eyes in an air tight fashion when they are closed; prevents tears from spilling onto your cheeks; and helps keep tears that coat your eyes from evaporating.
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