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TIL NASA plans to grow plants on the moon next year.
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TIL that following the crash of a commercial airplane he owned that killed all 223 passengers, three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda investigated the crash and found that thrust reversers caused it, he got Boeing to admit fault and change the design of the 767 airplane
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TIL that in 2018 a framed painting by Banksy was sold at auction for over a million pounds. As the gavel fell an alarm sounded and a shredder concealed in the picture frame turned on and began to shred the painting. The buyer went through with the purchase.
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TIL that the Stella Octangula acquired that name in 1609 from German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler
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TIL: It’s common for bike riders in elite competitions to pee on each other mid-race
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TIL 40% of Americans believe the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and 25% of them don’t know the Earth revolves around the Sun