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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 days ago

TIL in the early 1960s, the United States shot 480 000 000 copper needles into space

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TIL in the early 1960s, the United States shot 480 000 000 copper needles into space

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 days ago
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    That’s wild, I had never heard of this.

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      They created an artificial ionosphere and were able to successfully bounce radio comms off it. Totally wild.

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