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TIL No roads connect the Kamchatka Peninsula to the rest of the world but it has a developed tourist infrastructure. The city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, majority ethnic Russians, has more inhabitants than the entire neighboring Chukotka Autonomous Okrug or Magadan Oblast

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R5jd9 TIL after Galileo discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, he sought the patronage of the Medici family and proposed naming the moons after their 4 sons. However, the names Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—based on the names of Zeus’ lovers—were later popularized by the astronomer Simon Marius.
KObnR TIL It’s Australian tradition to eat sausages at polling places on election day called Democracy Sausages. For many communities, this is the biggest fundraising event of the year.
Een7 TIL Steve jobs tricked HP’s Carly Fiorina into allowing iTunes to becoming the prominent music player on PC’s while effectively banning her own music player until 2006.
ANL6B TIL An animated sequel to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" was released in 1985
PYooV TIL of Diana Trujillo - who despite being a 17 year old immigrant arriving to America with no English skills and only $300 dollars in her pocket - was able to work her way from housekeeper to becoming an aerospace engineer at NASA who helped create the robotic arm for Mars rover Perseverance.