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TIL that because Pluto’s orbit is so elliptical, it is actually closer to the sun than Neptune for 20 years every 248 years

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N9NE TIL George Hjorth parachuted into France three nights before D-day with three film cameras. His mission was to hide in front of the German lines at Normandy and film whatever happened on the beach. He completed the mission successfully, but the film is lost in the archives.
0vQ1 TIL there is a mobile space port floating out in the Pacific Ocean that has been in use since the late 1990s.
GAZaN TIL the oldest cat to give birth (to 2 kittens) was Kitty at 30 years old. She passed away just short of 32 yo and gave birth to a total of 218 kittens.
YpjgA TIL about the Ghost Moth of New Zealand that spends 5-6 years as a grub, making a burrow in a tree in the shape of a '7', but only spends a couple of days as an actual moth, as it has no mouthparts. If it's lucky enough to find a mate, it lays 2000 eggs before starving to death.
YrWW TIL that Henri Nestle invented his breast milk substitute to help Europe’s high infant mortality rates. Today, Nestle abuse their market power to get African mothers hooked on their products.