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TIL Hubble can get detailed views of distant galaxies but not of Pluto

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P1DLV TIL that Bruce Springsteen has a firefighter son
DQpaD TIL In 2007, investors had plans to build the tallest skyscraper in Latin America in Mexico City but had trouble with zoning. It was argued that Mexico City needs about 200,000 sq m of office space a year, or seven typical 25-floor office towers
jMXa TIL that in WW2 JFK swam 4 hours to safety while towing an injured crewman with his teeth after his ship was destroyed. (In the Greatest Display of Badassedry Section)
Ypp5Z Probably not.
kJV45 TIL: Penn Badgley, star of Gossip Girl and You, voice acted in two Mario games for the Nintendo 64 (Mario Golf and Mario Tennis)