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TIL that Nasa is working on a 'clockwork rover' without electronics to explore the surface of Venus

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69d1Z TIL that asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral which has to be mined, and that millions of tons of it are still being mined today.
e0LK4 TIL about the inventor of Cosplay, Myrtle R. Douglas, aka Morojo. A Science Fiction fanzine editor, in 1939 she created costumes, based on an H.G. Wells movie, for her and her boyfriend to wear to the first World Science Fiction Convention. Within several years costumes became integral to Worldcon.
oawW TIL of Yale’s Stadium Prank in which Yale students disguised themselves as a Harvard pep-squad and tricked Harvard fans into holding up placards spelling ‘WE SUCK’ at their own football game.
Y6QA TIL that Mongols were actually outnumbered in most of their victories in battles. But they still managed to deceive their enemies by elaborate ruses - like mounting dummies atop horses, and tying sticks to the horses’ tails to create dust storms.
VjQQ TIL that Christopher Mintz-Plasse, the actor who played McLovin in Superbad, was required to have his mother on set for his sex scene because he was 17 at the time.