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TIL on Titan the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping “wings” attached to their arms.

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Bra1e TIL of Qian Xuesen, a Chinese aerospace engineer who was a founding member of JPL. When he was stripped of his security clearances during the Red Scare despite protests by his colleagues, he moved back to China where he became well known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry"
b9Jnj TIL The ancient Persians tended to deliberate on important matters while they were drunk. They then reconsidered their decisions the following day when they were sober. If a decision was approved both drunk and sober, the decision held; if not, the Persians set it aside.
AD6Jd TIL Estonia is considered the first digital nation
GAR1E TIL that Wilson Phillips is the offspring of two super groups in American folk music, featuring kids of Brian Wilson, of Beach Boys fame, and daughter of one of the couples from Mamas and Papas.
X0Obj TIL: California Town Brings in 40,000 Tourists for a Frog Jumping Festival