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TIL Over 80% of the South Bronx was burned or abandoned between 1970 and 1980

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m151M TIL that 200 nations signed The Outer Space Treaty in agreement that any space exploration should be mindful of planetary protection so as not to contaminate potential life on other worlds with Earthly microbes
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