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TIL in 1952, Wernher von Braun wrote a book called “Project Mars” which imagined that human colonists on Mars would be led by a person called “Elon”

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5YeJD TIL that there was an episode of the Twilight Zone in which three astronauts survive a crash landing and wander through the desert until the last man alive realizes he never left earth. Rodd Serling would use a lot of this plot for a film he helped write called "Planet Of The Apes"
DQVvv TIL about the CSS Shenandoah, a sailing ship used by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. She surrendered on November 6, 1865 on the River Mersey in the United Kingdom 6 months after the end of the war.
LknAP TIL all Froot Loops colors are the same flavor
e0omb TIL about the 13,500 year old Grotte du Bichon man of Switzerland, whose remains were found intermingled with a wounded brown bear and charcoal. This indicates that he tried to force the bear out of the cave by fire to slaughter it, but in turn was killed by the dying animal.
9YXM TIL one of the most decorated fighter pilots of WWII was a 14 year old.