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TIL Before becoming "Posh Spice", Victoria Beckham used to dress up as a sperm for a BBC sex-education show.

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JYmRV TIL That we only get to see a prehistoric image of the universe. When we look up, we are looking at some 13 billion years into the past because light takes time to travel
VBdgB TIL that United Flight 175, the 2nd plane to crash into the WTC on 9/11, rapidly descended at an “unheard of” 5,000 ft/min during its final 5 minutes. Flying at 590 mph, the aircraft also banked sharply just before impact, as it might’ve otherwise just clipped the South Tower or missed it entirely.
R75wl TIL The Molotov cocktail was named in reference to Soviet minister Vyacheslav Molotov, who claimed on state radio that the bombing of Finland was a humanitarian mission to provide food aid to starving Finns. The Finns jokingly dubbed the incendiary device as a drink to go with the food.
WkRJB A newly funded concept envisions a kilometer-wide radio telescope built inside a crater on the far side of the Moon.
5YDpr TIL----FISH CANNONS EXIST---- Whooshh Innovations' "Salmon Cannon" Gives Fish A Boost Over Dams