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TIL that E.T. is from the Star Wars Universe

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WkmBB TIL that in the 1960s the CIA paid climbers to put nuclear powered spy devices in the Himalayas to monitor Chinese nuclear weapons tests. Some of the devices were left unattended and were subsequently lost.
wDRM TIL that barely a year after the 1969 moon landing the American public had completely lost interest in space exploration - to such an extent that 90% of people surveyed could not remember Neil Armstrong’s name.
9wrm7 TIL that Spacex's "Falcon Heavy" is the most powerful operational rocket in the world and can lift 64 metric tons into orbit