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TIL Tesla believed that women would become the dominant sex in the future.

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YpoR7 TIL Jim Henson originally wanted the Muppets to be for adults and didn't see his characters as a vehicle for children's education and family entertainment. Indeed, he first envisioned something closer to South Park rather than Sesame Street and in the 1950s they did dark comedy in commercials.
7rXnZ TIL the rocket in Jules Verne’s 1865 story From the Earth to the Moon launched from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean because of Verne’s calculations. In 1969, Apollo 11 took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean.
egjD TIL that Buzz Aldrin punched a moon conspiracy theorist in the face.
loD7G TIL A 3″ telescope has a maximum theoretical magnification of 150x. A 6″ telescope can magnify up to 300x, and an 8″ telescope up to 400x. But the Earth’s atmosphere is a limiting factor
Y7ReA Today I learned that in Japanese zoos, zookeepers dress as tigers as training for zoo escapes