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TIL that National Reconnaissance Office donated two Hubble-class telescopes to The National Science Foundation, because they were only gathering dust in a warehouse. NRO is the agency in charge of USA's spy satellities, the donation was prompted by the two telescopes becoming obsolete for spying.

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BrXYD TIL Ulysses S. Grant was broke and dying of throat cancer, when Mark Twain offered an unheard of 75% of royalties to his widow for him to write his memoirs. Julia Grant received $450,000 dollars from royalties.
5VQk8 TIL I learned that kale was commonly used as decoration at salad bars and meat counters but now is considered a “superfood”.
OoLP4 TIL producer J Dilla chopped up an early 1960's song to make it say, "light up the spliffs" (0:51)
w1G8 TIL in 2003 two men strolled on to a Boeing 727 and just flew off. Them and the plane haven’t been seen since.
5YMvk TIL 'Could It Be Magic' by Barry Manilow, and also recorded by Donna Summer and Take That, is based on a piece by Chopin.