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TIL humans have continuously occupied Earth orbit for more than 15 years.

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ay9b TIL that the word “Barbarian” was invented by the ancient Greeks as an insulting term for anyone who didn’t speak the Greek language - to their ears, everyone else sounded like they were just saying “bar bar bar” all the time
Ow7a TIL that the Dodd Frank Consumer Protection Act had a clause in it called the Eddie Murphy Rule to prevent insider trading in the commodities market, in reference to the movie Trading Places.
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