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TIL China has a telescope on the moon.

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e0Vkn TIL: A submarine ran out of fuel about 100 miles from hawaii while searching for a lost tug. Sub R14 had empty reserve tanks, no radio communications and a week's worth of food. Crew rigged up blankets and mattress covers as sails. It sailed back to Hawaii over 5 days.
D1JaJ TIL of the Caretaker, an artist who made eerie, disorienting music that emulates dementia and memory loss. His work, "Everywhere at the End of Time" shows the progression of a "slow death of a soul" through 6 stages.
1abG8 TIL David Bowie's eyes were both blue. One pupil was just permanently dilated (anisocoria).
DeWr TIL the Kiwi was originally from China and was called the Chinese Gooseberry, but the name was changed because of bad US/Chinese relations and to avoid high tariffs on berries.
b9Wnj TIL that the name of the company LEGO comes from the Danish phrase "leg godt", which means "play well". Interestingly, the Latin word "lego" means "I put together", but this is just a coincidence - when LEGO first started, it only made wooden toys.