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TIL there is an actual project aiming to develop a sub gram nano spacecraft with cameras and all and send it to the Alpha Centauri star system with a travel speed of 1/5th of the speed of light

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p8rXp TIL about Bob Lambert, an undercover officer. He dated an activist while infiltrating her group, and even fathered a child, despite already having a wife and children. When the assignment ended, he simply vanished, leaving a two-year-old son behind. The London police paid £425,000 to avoid court.
b606p TIL the Tenerife airport disaster was caused by the pilot taking off without permission. Because of the disaster, the pilot is less regarded in aviation as infallible.
5YkK9 TIL a feral cat with ear-tip (part of their ear is missing) means they've been caught, treated, neutered, and released
YpN0A TIL that at Noon, every April 21st, the day of the birth of Rome, the Sun enters the oculus of the Pantheon at an inclination, radiating perfectly on the entrance doorway: the emperor was fully illuminated when he entered in the Temple.
grXxA TIL, There is a rare blood group known as ‘h/h’ or ‘Oh’ which was first discovered in 1952 at Mumbai, India (Formerly Bombay), hence christening another name ‘Bombay Blood Group’. This blood is so rare that only 4 in a million would have it globally; however, every 1 in 10,000 have it in Bombay.