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TIL that the Longest Conveyor Belt in the World can be seen from space

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R7Jr6 TIL about Jack Parsons, one of the fathers of rocketry that was involved in an occultist church Thelema, and believed that magic was science that hadn't been understood yet.
Wd1A TIL that there’s a spirits company that first pours every drop of its booze over the breasts of top Playboy models before bottling. [NSFW]
DVVr TIL the U.S. is running out of Plutonium-238, which is necessary for space missions because only nuclear power can provide reliable energy so far from the sun for such an extended period of time
4kyNb TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was expelled from Morehouse College after he and other students held the Board of Trustees hostage, including Martin Luther King, Jr.'s father. They demanded changes to the curriculum and more black people on the governing board.
6E1X7 TIL cattle in the United States are often fed chicken excrement (once cow can eat up to 3 tons of it every year) because it is cheaper than feeding them hay, grass, alfalfa, etc.