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TIL the first photos that came back from Hubble were blurry and to fix that NASA gave it a new prescription lens

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8Vm8 TIL a child that was Bart’s age when The Simpson’s first premiered would now be the same age as Homer.
kR4 TIL the average person doesn’t know the opposites of the following words: Always, Coming, From, Take, Me, Down…
oBxQK TIL in the 1956 Melbourne olympics, veterinary student Barry Larkin protested against the relay, carrying a fake flame, consisting of a pair of underpants set on fire in a plum pudding can, attached to a chair leg. Successfully handing it to the Mayor of Sydney and escaping unnoticed.
Y79eB TIL Humans have a third set of teeth, but the genes for this set are inactive.
dJXd TIL Billionaire Daniel Keith Ludwig Had Frozen His Genetic Material, Believing His Estranged Ex-Wife’s Daughter Might Challenge his Will. 40 Years Later, and after his Death, She Sued The Estate And Lost, Because DNA Analysis Proved He Wasn’t Her Father.