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TIL in Sep. 2022, a satellite was launched into an asteroid and changed its shape and orbit.

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KOew4 TIL that the the royal anthem could also be called “god save the king”
Y76LA TIL: Self replicating probes or spacecraft, also called Von Neumann probes was a concept theorized by the mathematician. He argued that this is the most efficient method of space exploration/mining as they can adapt. The concept has been used in various media such as Mass Effect, Star Trek, etc.
dDAg8 TIL of Radhanath Sickdhar, an Indian hired as a "computer" and who in 1852 determined through math that Mt. Everest was the tallest mountain in the world
gxbb TIL that the octopus is so intelligent, the UK considers them honorary vertebrates for the purposes of animal cruelty laws
xLl1 TIL infamously terrible African-American comedy “Pootie Tang” was written and directed by none other than Louis CK