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TIL space junk destroys around one satellite each year

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YpmdB TIL that in 2017, a Tennessee man had his bond raised to $14 million after he dared the judge to raise his bond.
xkx0 TIL in spring 2012 Wired Magazine reported the NSA created a massive Utah data center where ‘Everybody’s a target; everybody with communication is a target.’ As well, NO ONE upvoted a submission by 'TheGreatWhiteHorse’ a year ago on this very topic.
loMKr TIL we call people with red hair "red heads" as opposed to "orange heads" because the phrase has been around longer than the colour orange. The colour orange was described as red up until the 1500's when the first reference of orange in the English language can be found.
Mekym TIL that George Meegan walked from the southern tip of South America to the northernmost part of Alaska, an unbroken walk of 19,019 miles.
m1YKv TIL Ngerulmud, Palau is the least populous national capital in the world, with a population less than half of that of the Vatican.