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TIL that one way to stop an incoming asteroid from hitting earth is to paint it white.

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695jW TIL the Unicode standard officially supports the penis symbol as an Egyptian hieroglyph
OopZ7 TIL that for much of the 20th century, the US state of Oklahoma practiced blatant sexism when it came to alcohol: women were allowed to drink 3.2% beer at 18 and everything else at 21, whereas men weren't allowed to drink anything at all until 21.
MYaW TIL that Diana Ross, who sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” lost her ex-husband to a mountain climbing accident years later.
Ra79 TIL that the Ku Klux Klan successfully adopted a road in Missouri. The Missouri state legislature fought back by renaming the road after civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
Oo69g TIL bees sleep together and hold each-others feet so they don’t fall