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TIL there are at least 67 different moons orbiting Jupiter, three of which could have potentially habitable environments

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d8EM9 TIL : Author HG Wells pretty much created the template for the modern day disaster movie with his 1897 short story "The Star". It tells of the Earths near miss with a meteor who's gravitational pull causes earthquakes, tidal waves, and the melting of the ice caps. Millions are killed.
Br9e TIL when casino mogul Steve Wynn was showing off his Picasso painting “Le Reve” [valued at $139mil at time ], he accidentally put he elbow thru the canvas; thus, devaluing it by $54mil.
AN7ao TIL that in 1942, Nazi Germany was patrolling off the North Carolina coast, and a British ship was sunk defending the NC coast.
16VQD TIL Harrison Ford (the actor who plays Han Solo) is two years older than Ian Mcdiarmid (the actor who plays the Emperor)
kJGZm TIL that South Korean artist Chun Kyung-ja spent over 30 years claiming her painting Beautiful Woman was a forgery, despite repeated government and forensic investigations declaring it authentic, sparking debates about artistic rights and gender bias in the art world.