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TIL Pluto has 5 moons

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xVwvB TIL despite having PTSD after being buried alive by a bomb, & having a doctor's testimony that he'd been unfit to command, Eric Poole became the first commissioned officer to be executed by British military authority in WW1, after deserting
w45E TIL in 2015 more people died taking selfies than by shark attacks.
ep5E4 TIL that bottlenose dolphins are one of the few species, along with apes and humans, that have the ability to recognise themselves in a mirror, this is considered a mark of great intelligence and self awareness. Moreover, dolphins are among the few animals that have been documented using tools.
9ZBM TIL If you’re American and find bird shit on an uninhabited island, you can claim the entire island as part of the United States
4aKb TIL in 2008 a neo-Nazi group adopted a stretch of Missouri highway; much to the chagrin of state officials who couldn’t afford a lengthy legal battle. Instead, they renamed the highway after Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who fled the Nazis and became a prominent theologian and civil rights advocate