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TIL that SpaceX considers a rocket explosion to actually be a "rapid unscheduled disassembly"

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N7VZE TIL that Mark Knopfler, lead singer and guitarist of the band, Dire Straits, wrote “Money For Nothing” after overhearing deliverymen in a New York appliance store complain about their jobs while watching MTV. Most of the lyrics were things they actually said.
Oogma TIL that traditional forest management used a sustainable method of wood harvesting called "coppicing" that would involve cutting a young tree to the stump, and harvesting the shoots in 7-20 years. One square km of coppiced land used produces enough heat for 100 homes a year.
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