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TIL the world's first wooden satellite was developed in Japan in 2024.

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9Ym1Q TIL That in the 1930s, the US spent $300.000 ($5,5 million adjusted for inflation) to built massive car with the goal to cross Antarctica. Only to discover upon arrival that the tyres didn't work in the snow, and the whole thing was abandoned after 140 km (driven in reverse).
4Xjww TIL Cattle rustling still occurs in the American West. In 2015, the Braum's restaurant chain had 1,100 unbranded cattle stolen from them.
9vb7 TIL the higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
nWlv9 TIL Leonardo Davinci was famed for buying caged birds at markets and setting them free.
784M TIL a study found that while men were only aroused by the type of erotic material that fit their orientation, women were aroused by all erotic material regardless of the orientation.