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TIL that Shakespeare had Merlin delusions

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awJ89 TIL that the first nuclear powered satellite in space failed after just 43 days and it will stay in orbit for 3-4000 years. There are also more than 30 Russian nuclear powered satellites in space currently.
J18Bk TIL the opening crawl (words in space) from the original Star Wars trilogy was achieved by placing physical models of the sentences on a black canvas and slowly panning a camera over them.
epeO4 TIL that groundhogs and woodchucks are the same thing
Wk4YY TIL about the Capital Allowances for Intangible Assets, a tax evasion scheme used by Apple, in which a company reroutes its profits to a tax heaven, but also lends itself money to start the scheme and deducts interest on the loan to avoid even more taxes
rNaQ4 TIL after "the world’s largest beach clean-up" at Mumbai's Versova beach, Olive Ridley turtles returned to lay eggs for the first time in 20 years.