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TIL: The hubble space telescope, the international space station and many other famous spacecraft are technically still inside the earths atmosphere, often by hundreds of miles.

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gMGK7 TIL the song Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover is not about a woman lusting after a man. Instead it's about a woman (the narrator) wishing she could save another woman who is trapped in an abusive relationship. The "I wish I was your lover" line is the narrator longing to show the woman what love can be.
80WV TIL that there is a musical piece called ‘As SLow aS Possible’, written to be played literally as slow as possible (while strictly adhering to the score’s temporal proportions). An ongoing performance of the score began in a German church in September 5th 2001 and will end on September 5th, 2640.
GY1lg TIL that when Stephen Hawking was asked what his IQ is, He replied “I have no idea, people who brag about their IQ scores are losers”
JZ5l TIL that Pete Buck of R.E.M. had been playing guitar only a year before joining the band at 23 years old.
GY0aE TIL that Hershey’s kisses got their name due to the smooching sound the machine made while extruding the chocolates into a conveyor belt