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TIL that Saturn has a moon that bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star from Star Wars. This moon, Mimas, wasn't observed in detail until the Voyager spacecraft captured photos in 1980, three years after the release of the first Star Wars movie.

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6EGeX TIL people With Fregoli delusion think everyone they meet is the same person in disguise
wow0Y TIL In the early 1900s Mauricia de Tiers performed a stunt known as the “Dip of Death” in which her car was launched upside down and landed onto a ramp that would flip her upright. Mauricia de Tiers ultimately died performing the stunt when her automobile left the track and crashed into the arena.
dk7d TIL about a man who has both anterograde and retrograde amnesia, meaning he cannot form new memories, nor can he recall old ones. Clive Wearing can only ever remember the past few moments of his life, though he still feels love for his wife and can still play music
LJBZ TIL during WWII, a British army soldier had enough and decided to stand up in open sight and kill a sniper that was targeting his unit. He then continued to single-handedly clear 5 enemy bunkers, all whilst under heavy fire, while his team was standing by.
N4YJ TIL that the UK banned a disabled man’s wheelchair because it is technically a tank