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TIL that the International Space Station has been connected to the regular terrestrial Internet since January 22, 2010 when the first unassisted tweet was posted

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0waXL TIL that airplanes at high cruising altitudes (20-30K+ft/6-9k+m), despite going slower than the speed of sound (~767mph/1238km/h) are technically flying supersonic. That's because the speed of sound decreases with pressure and pressure drops with altitude.
ADkJ7 TIL HBO had to hire a team of 160 lawyers before releasing its film "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" beause of the Church's litigious nature
9YepG TIL In the 1960’s, Paul Klipsch was found in his office, stripped down to his skivvies with the thermostat set to high. He was trying to determine why early calculators would quit when operated at high temperatures. He later sent a letter to the manufacturer, explaining the source of the problem.
5YmMD TIL the "Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act" allows individuals and companies to donate "in good faith" any excess food and be protected from being sued if said food causes someone to get sick etc.
wAYM TIL that after Edith Thompson’s hanging in 1923 caused a massive vaginal haemorrhage - later speculated to be a foetus - women sentenced to death by hanging were made to wear special canvas knickers to prevent such things occurring again.