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TIL that Nigeria has a space program and has successfully launched several satellites into orbit.

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GYod4 TIL that in 1980, The Beatles had planned a reunion concert for a TV documentary on the band, titled The Long and Winding Road. The planned reunion was scrapped following the murder of John Lennon on December 8th of the same year.
d80JE TIL There is a Japanese Historical Revisionist Movement that pushes false narrative that Japan was trying to liberate Asia from Western Powers in WWII omitting atrocities committed by Japan.
4kR8o TIL In Catholicism, the sin of gluttony can simply involve being too demanding about how your food looks and tastes.
awOyM TIL that the smallest instrument in the world is a Nano Guitar- a miniature guitar the size of a red blood cell. One model could only be played by its stings being targeted with miniature lasers in an atomic force microscope.
D1Kvp TIL Boston Police officers cared for a stray cat named "SWAT Cat" for 3 years; when the calico cat went missing, Officer Pietroski, (15-yr veteran of BPD), worked after hours to build a "kitty condo" including a large deck & sliding glass doors. The cat returned and moved into the new home.