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TIL that Mars launches are done when the Earth and Mars are on the same side of the sun with the shortest possible distance to travel. So once in every 26 months, a chance for a Mars launch is arriving

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46BR TIL Bruce Lee the champion Kung Fu fighter, died because his friend had given him aspirin after complaining of a headache. Never taken aspirin before, he did not know he was allergic.
wo6J7 TIL about Passage du Gois in France, a road that connects the mainland to Noirmoutier Island and gets submerged by water twice a day, during high tide, for around 4 hours!
p8l4A TIL Cowboys didn’t actually wear Cowboy hats, but rather wore derby or bowler hats. The iconic Stetson style was not popular until the end of the 19th century and by then the Cowboy era was ending.
LWjm TIL that Madonna was raped at knifepoint and her apartment was broken into 3 times when she first moved to New York.
gM7ZA TIL the confetti used for the celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs' win at the Super Bowl 2020 were printed with fans' tweets on them.