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TIL that Americans think NASA’s share of the federal budget is 20% (0.5%)

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Ypp8x TIL negative symptoms (apathy, lack of drive,..) from schizophrenia are more debilitating than positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions,..). They are also less treatable with medication.
9YL5D TIL: Laugh tracks were the invention of a sound engineer named Charles Douglass, whose Laff Box machine helped him corner the market during the golden age of TV.
wOV1 TIL the Space Shuttle Constitution had it’s name changed to Enterprise following a letter-writing campaign by Star Trek fans.
ne7v7 TIL it's possible to regrow lost teeth with stem cells.
4XAdg TIL unlike most other science fictions shows, the space scenes in the show ‘Firefly’ were done silently, because sound cannot be transmitted in the vacuum of space.