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TIL the USA space budget exceeds the rest of the world’s combined

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ZpwVG TIL that in July of 2012, a massive solar storm which could have damaged electronic systems worldwide and cost the US 2.6 trillion dollars missed us by nine days.
P1b7n TIL death by garbage truck trash compactor is a fairly frequent occurrence, due to people sleeping in dumpsters and the truck drivers not being able to hear their cries for help as they’re dumped and crushed
16OO TIL that, contrary to depictions in science fiction, the human body can briefly survive in outer space unprotected, and that the human skin doubles in size, more resembling a body builder than a balloon.
DQgGg TIL the use of the letters Q, X and W in official documents, including for people's names, used to be illegal in Turkey and punishable with two to six months of prison time. The ban was enacted in 1928 and lifted only nine years ago in 2013
jX5X TIL when you look at a clock, and the second hand seems to freeze for a moment, your brain is actually generating a false memory, and your perception of time stretches slightly backward. This effect is called chronostasis.