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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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Br0OL TIL Mr & Mrs Crompton and their six children were the largest family to die in the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. Travelling first class to England, they were known as being noisy during the voyage, even causing one woman to switch rooms because of it.
V5gG TIL The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t had cheerleaders since 1969 and are among 6 teams that don’t have team cheerleaders.
16GdP TIL Some sharks can reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg.
16aBW TIL that asteroids 1227 through 1234 were named to spell out "G. Stracke" to honor the German astronomer Gustav Stracke who had requested not to have a planet named after him.
xVppb TIL that Elon Musk was not an original founder of Tesla Motors