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TIL the ISS is only weightless because it's in orbit (therefore constantly falling) not because of its distance from the earth. An airplane at the same altitude, under its own power would have 89% as much gravity as the earth's surface.

e090n TIL that prog-rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer have a live album called "Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival". In the original liner notes, it says the festival happened in "Vega Baja, San Juan." However, Vega Baja is not in San Juan. Also, the festival took place in Manati, a different area altogether.
BrxMr TiL : A Swedish couple won the right to name their children Metallica, Lego, and Elvis in 2008 due to Swedish naming laws preventing embarrassing names for children, a similar case failed in 1996 when a couple tried to name their child Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced Albis)
epd1D TIL I learned that The Gambia uses marbles instead of paper ballots for elections
X0VxR TIL despite Rings of Power being the most expensive TV show ever produced, only 37% of viewers completed season one domestically (45% overseas). In comparison, two cancelled shows (First Kill & Resident Evil) on another service had completion rates below 50%, but higher than ROP's domestic figure.
pMPZ TIL In 2005, Facebook hired graffiti artist David Choe to paint murals in their new office space; Choe accepted Facebook shares instead of a small cash payment of several thousand dollars, and when Facebook went public in 2012, his payment for the murals ballooned into a 200 million dollar payoff.