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TIL that two Japanese sled dogs survived alone in Antarctica for 11 months

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jMjj TIL: Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech for two seasons ahead of Terry Bradshaw
Lk50d TIL that the Soviet Union successfully landed 10 probes on the surface of Venus between the years 1961 and 1984. In spite of the short life spans of the Venera landers due to the extreme surface conditions, several of the landers were still successful in transmitting imagery from the surface.
epAyn TIL that people dug(bored) a 40,000 ft. deep hole that is also not deep at all. Despite a fairly narrow diameter of only 9” and penetrating less than 0.2% to the center of the Earth, it took 20 years.
Oxj4 TIL: “One man actually succeeded in reinventing the wheel. John Keogh … submitted a patent application for a ‘circular transportation facilitation device’ in May 2001, shortly after a new patent system was introduced in Australia. His 'wheel’ was issued a patent.”
Je1k TIL that according to Carrie Fisher, the golden bikini in Princess Leia’s slave costume was hard plastic that didn’t move with her body, so the other actors got an eyeful. She quipped “if you stood behind me you could see straight to Florida. You’ll have to ask Boba Fett about that.”