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1670W TIL the ISS has an amateur radio station aboard that is used by astronauts to make contact with schools while in orbit. Occasionally, during their downtime, they also "call out" to any amateur radio operators on Earth.
OGj1e TIL that H.G. Wells so disliked the drawings of the Martian Tripods included in the first published versions of The War of the Worlds that he wrote a criticism of them into the book.
jN9XR Today I learned there is cat called Oscar that lives in a nursing home and it can predict the next death by going to the room of the person and sitting with them to provide comfort.
W7QAY TIL that there is a sea on earth with no land barriers - and it even has its own animals.
4X77X TIL During filming of "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) the Dutch authorities would only shut down Nijmegen Bridge to film for 1 hour during a Sunday. The crew had to get the footage in that hour or else pay $125,000 a day to keep Robert Redford on set; hence it became known as the "Million Dollar Hour".