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TIL of "Project A119" a plan from 1958 in which the US Air Force wished to nuke the moon in an attempt to show power over the Soviets and also collect data on astrogeology. The project was eventually rejected due to fear of public backlash.

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b9P7E TIL that Svetlana Savitskaya—the second woman in space—arrived at Mir (first modular space station) in 1982, she was greeted with an apron as a welcome present, and jokingly told to get to work in the kitchen by her fellow cosmonauts.
1aBXO TIL about the Delaware Aqueduct. It is a 70 year old, 80 mile long man made aqueduct that connects NYC to clean water. It has been leaking since the '90s and they are having a hard time fixing it because the only thing keeping it from collapsing is positive pressure from the water.
78EYL TIL that sea slugs decapitate themselves in order to regrow their bodies and to become more powerful in the oceans.
vwAj TIL Joshua Norton declared himself emperor of the United States in 1859. He gained such popularity, that the currency he created was widely accepted in San Francisco.
gWBy TIL If Bill Gates was a country, he would be the 37th richest country on earth.