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TIL Thad Roberts, a NASA intern, spent 7 years in federal prison after having sex with his girlfriend on a bed full of stolen moon rocks.

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epE4J TIL: Black Hole Starships, in theory, can use black holes as an energy source for propulsion. In 2009, a proposal was made by scientists to create an artificial black hole using parabolic reflectors, but science is not advanced enough yet according to critics and there were clear dangers.
0dMy1 TIL Most newborns cry for 45 minutes to two hours every day during the first six months of life because crying is the only way they communicate
j6KOE TIL that an Austrian village tired of the mockery changed its name from F*cking to Fuddging
BM4D TIL the longest running science experiment in the world is in Australia, where they have been watching asphalt slowly drip through a funnel since 1927
D14oJ TIL, a small triangle in NYC about 27x25x27 inches was not accounted for in an eminent domain seizure in 1914. The owner installed a small mosaic which said "PROPERTY OF THE HESS ESTATE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES." It is still there today.