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TIL in 2006, “to understand and protect the home planet” was quietly removed from NASA’s mission statement.

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QNbDa TIL that cows have best friends and get stressed when separated from them.
L1Zm TIL They have to used recycled footage for Ted Mosby’s future kids in How I Met Your Mother because the show has run on for 9 years, and the kids are now IRL 26 (daughter) and 23 (son)
5rep TIL that in 1984, a giant pee-icicle formed on the outside of the space shuttle Discovery. Astronauts had to break it off using a robotic arm and shut down the toilet for the remainder of the mission.
R5mg7 TIL That until the year 1991 it was illegal for bars to serve homosexuals. It was being actively enforced until a 1991 US District Court case struck it down.
W7e08 TIL that the Porygon episode of Pokémon caused hundreds of children to experience epileptic seizures due to rapidly flashing red and blue frames. This incident led to the Pokémon anime being put on hold for four months.