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5VyP8 TIL the astragalus of a prehistoric rhinoceros, collected by the Ancient Greeks, was discovered at the Mycenae archaeological site in the 1970s.
x66W1 TIL that James Webb was the NASA Administrator from 1961 to 1968. He oversaw each of the critical first crewed missions throughout the Mercury and Gemini programs until days before the launch of the first Apollo mission. He also dealt with the Apollo 1 fire.
X0M6R TIL in China, censorship became a huge industry, one of a major city Jinan is famous for it, even got a nickname "The capital of censorship"
KYonJ TIL the US Department of Agriculture published guidance on how to dispose of horses with explosives [PDF]
OAl6 TIL that the United States consumes 80% of the world’s supply of pain killers. Annually the pain killers kill more Americans than cocaine and heroin combined.