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TIL that when NASA sent out the Voyager spacecrafts in 1977, two golden records were included aboard which contained images, coded diagrams and sounds — including a message from President Carter — that portrayed life and culture on Earth in case any intelligent alien life form found the spacecrafts.

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awGmA TIL that Kangchenjunga, the tallest mountain until a survey of Everest in 1849, has never been fully climbed. The first people to reach the top in 1955 stopped short of the summit because they promised the ruler of Sikkim to keep the sacred mountain intact. Every climber since has done this, too.
kVyd TIL Ashton Kutcher tried steve jobs diet when getting into character for the JOBS movie and ended up in the Hospital because it messed up is pancreas levels… Steve jobs died of Pancreatic Cancer
OoXre TIL of the Kola Superdeep Borehole. Standing at over 12km deep its' the deepest man made hole in the world
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