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TIL The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is so big that it has its own weather system, with clouds forming below the ceiling on very humid days.

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oawW TIL of Yale’s Stadium Prank in which Yale students disguised themselves as a Harvard pep-squad and tricked Harvard fans into holding up placards spelling ‘WE SUCK’ at their own football game.
Bd5K TIL that in 1991 Spacewatch discovered an artificial body near earth that is now listed on the NASA Astrophysics data system as a possible alien probe that was observed in the vicinity of our planet. Its orbit will bring it back to earth in 2016.
Ool5L TIL Henry Ford was an anti-semite and was given an award by the nazi regime in 1938
Br6lK TIL In 1933 Asbestos companies settled claims about the damage of asbestos, they then funded the research so they could control it.
nRVY TIL that pen caps have holes in them to prevent suffocation if swallowed