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TIL That NASA is not the only space program in the United States. NASA is the civilian space program. The other is the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), highly classified with barely any information found on its technology or its explorations.

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yQgJM TIL that Jorge Luis Borges, Blind Argentinean Author, unironically licked a library book once like Terezi Pyrope
rBay TIL the rate of PTSD in adults who were in foster care for one year between the ages of 14–18 was found to be higher than that of combat veterans.
BrD7D TIL in 1995 a policy known as “the Wall" was created. It discouraged info sharing between the CIA and FBI, playing a critical role in the inability to stop 9/11. It got so bad agents played a CD with Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" into the phone as they were told their access was denied.
pYn9Z TIL of the Gold Sock Killer, a unidentified Floridian serial killer active only in 1973 who got his moniker for strangling his victims to death with socks; however, a gold-colored sock was only used in two murders.
oBw9o TIL Bigfoot is an Endangered Species in some States.