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TIL that a group of amateur astronomers track down goverment spy satellites and publish the information, which is supposed to be classified.

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neryB Why is it that at the very moment that you should be the most relaxed, you suddenly get seized with the feeling of falling through the air? It's not uncommon. About 70 percent of people regularly face this experience, which is technically known as a hypnic jerk.
b6lR9 TIL that the common human silhouette found on many traffic/information signs is unofficially referred to as "Helvetica Man", due to its near-universal acceptance.
GYLQN TIL that Abraham Lincoln is enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.
v1Dg8 TIL that because of Marie curie's affair with Paul Langevin, Swedish Academy of Sciences tried to dissuade her from coming to Stockholm to receive her Nobel prize(1911) so that the "adulteress" should not shake hands with the Swedish king.
XE9YR TIL In 2005 Untitled (­Cowboy) sold for $1.2 million at auction, then the highest publicly recorded price for the sale of a contemporary ­photograph, It was also through this photo that a new Art form was born: Photography of Photography.