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TIL Queen Elizabeth II was certified truck mechanic

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eyj4 TIL in 2012, the White House responded to a petition to have a Death Star built by stating that “the Administration does not support blowing up planets” and that it would not fund a weapon “with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship”.
g1GA TIL former porn star “Tyffany Million” retired from porn to become a licensed private investigator and bounty hunter
xeO0 TIL that the sounds of the TIE fighters in star wars were a combo of an elephant call and a car driving on wet pavement
wLg4P TIL that H G Wells was inspired to write War of the Worlds by the plight of the Tasmanian Aborigines.
eag6 TIL NASA plans to capture and redirect an asteroid to orbit the moon. Astronauts will explore the asteroid and return to Earth with samples. This experience will help NASA test new systems & capabilities, such as solar electric propulsion, which will send cargo as part of human missions to Mars.