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TIL With flight director Gene Kranz, it took a $5 million campaign to restore the original Mission Control room at NASA Johnson Space Center in 2019, with thousands of backers from 25 countries. Flight control consoles were restored and wall displays were reactivated with Apollo-era projections

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jN5Wp TIL that a horse named Galileo has semen thats worth $49,000,000 per gallon. He has created dozens of winning race horses and one of his children also has very expensive semen.
ADXj7 TIL many orb-weaving spiders, including the common Barn Spider, take their webs down every day and build another web every evening, eating the old webs to reclaim resources. This is why most orb-shaped spider webs are free of debris and always look new
M77RW TIL that sunsets on Mars are blue
69YKX TIL: The Mentor of Rhodes was a famous mercenary who fought against and for Artaxerxes III. After being captured after many assaults, he was pardoned and sent to invade his former refuge. Being successful, he was promoted to Satrap and given a horde of silver by his former enemy turned employer.
LQVr0 TIL the greatest temperature variation in 24-hour period was 57.2°C (103°F), in Loma, Montana. Over the course of the day, the town experienced a rise from -47.7°C (-54°F) to 9.4°C (49°F).