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TIL there are currently 4,256 satellites currently orbiting the planet as of 2016, but only 1,419 are operational

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xVj7w TIL the phrase “get your goat” originated in horse racing. Horses would get very nervous before a race, so a goat partner would be placed in their stall for the night to help calm them. Unscrupulous opponents would then steal the goat in an effort to upset the horse and make them lose.
d8K8E TIL the actress who played Carol Stills on The Office has been married to Steve Carrel since 1995.
eDL5 TIL: Bhutan have banned the sales of pesticides and are set to become the world’s first organic country.
5grp TIL that the last words of famed cartoon voice-man Mel Blanc to his son were “I love you”, in the voice of Yosemite Sam; the final words he spoke before he died was “That’s all folks” in the voice of Porky Pig, which is also carved on his tombstone.
oBVW TIL Real estate agents used a business practice called “Blockbusting” in which they would buy a home in a white neighborhood, rent it to a black family, and buy the rest of the neighborhood at a discounted price after urging nervous white families to leave the neighborhood.