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TIL in the 60s Zambia planned to send "Afronauts" to land on Mars and the Moon. The Mars mission was planned to send a 'spacegirl', two cats and a missionary to convert the Martians to Christianity

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rR8J0 TIL that in the USA, emails are considered “abandoned” after 180 days. The government can look at these emails without a warrant thanks to the Electronic Communications Protection Act.
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