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TIL NASA's Opportunity Rover has been in operation on Mars since January, 2004...a few weeks before Mark Zuckerberg launched the social networking site Facebook.

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4Xpmw TIL that over five million years ago the Mediterranean Sea almost dried up completely (after the closure of the Strait of Gibraltar) and when the strait opened up again it refilled somewhat rapidly in the event know as the Zanclean Flood.
0dXR1 TIL At a length of 130m and able to carry more than 7000 men (4000 being rowers) the Tessarakonteres was the largest ship built in antiquity. Built by order of Ptolemy IV Philopator in the 3rd century BCE she required an early dry dock to construct. Ultimately her great size made her impractical.
PY91e TIL that an 11-year-old boy was suspended for 364 days for bringing what "looked like a marijuana leaf" to school, despite it being tested negative for marijuana three times.
vMA8 TIL There is a non-profit organization called “House With A Heart” that takes in and cares for senior dogs, many with special needs, that have been abandoned by their owners. The facility operates as a hospice, seeing to it that older dogs are not consigned to dying in shelters, or worse.
VMpjZ TIL kids from the Ho Chunk nation receive $200,000 upon turning 18 and graduating. The money comes from profits from the casinos. Many of the recipients end up blowing the money fast with little to show for it.