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TIL China has a telescope on the moon.

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p84JO TIL Albatross seabirds can live over 50 years & mate when they’re 5-years-old. They stay with the same partner for 45+ years making it among the longest relationships in the animal world.
oRn9o TIL the Buffalo Creek disaster killed 125 people and left 4,000 people homeless when a Pittston Coal Company mine runoff dam broke in West Virginia.
Mn0B TIL the State of Louisiana sentences people to 13-20 years of Hard Labor for only nonviolent drug possession charges
EvDd TIL when the Emperor Nero began to go nuts, he would stage long singing performances wherein the audience would not be allowed to leave. Women gave birth during these performances and men would fake their deaths in the hopes of being carried out just so they could get away.
xoA7 TIL that in 1946, armed citizens in a Tennessee county fought a gun battle with corrupt local authorities to ensure a fair election AND they made a movie about it