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TIL the Outer Space Treaty, signed by all major space faring nations, prohibits claiming territory in space or on celestial bodies. Space is considered “the shared heritage of mankind”

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5YMmR TIL of Tibs the Great, British Royal Mail's "Number One Cat", who kept Post Office headquarters mouse-free for 14 years. He was considered an official employee, and his low salary was the subject of debate in the House of Commons. When he died in 1964 several newspapers ran obituaries
wZ5P TIL after WW1 the French had the railway cars that Germany surrender in stored in a museum. During WW2 when France was preparing to surrender, Hitler ordered the walls of museum torn down and the railway cars returned to the exact spot of the 1918 armistice in order to humiliate the French.
e07gn TIL that the "Thirty pieces of silver" paid to Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus Christ would be worth approximately $200 (USD) today.
yQRow TIL that most of the nazi leadership scored exceptionally high on iq test conducted during the nuremberg trials. With Hermann Göring scoring 138 and Hjalmar Schacht 143.
d8yPB TIL that although you need to be 21 to purchase alcohol in the United States, states have the right to make exceptions to when a minor may consume alcoholic beverages