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TIL of the 2009 Satellite Collision: the first time two satellites collided at hypervelocity

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nWw0Y TIL Street artist Banksy agreed to sneak on set of Stephen Merchants TV comedy Outlaws and paint street art, which Christopher Walken was then asked to painted over.
M76nK TIL fleas jump using actual, microscopic gears in their legs.
O0L1 TIL In the 50’s, the CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro by slipping an exploding cigar into his private supply
p8N4p TIL that an Irish farmer called Quin was digging for potatoes in 1868 and instead found the Ardagh chalice, which remains one of the finest insular works of art we have of the celtic period.
rRXrW TIL in 2016, a gorilla named Harambe was shot dead by some cops in the Cincinnati zoo after an three year old go fell into his enclosure. Harambe did not harm the boy but was stilled killed for some reason.