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TIL that Jupiter has 95 moons (and counting). More are expected to be found as technology improves.

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vPwkD TIL Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety
J1lVm TIL there is a "Bōzu (Shaved-Head) Bridge" in Japan, named after a legend that says anyone crossing it would find their hair mysteriously shaved off. This was believed to be the work of a tanuki, a Japanese raccoon dog known in folktales for its mischievous pranks and love of fooling people.
7Ngr TIL that future anchorman Dan Rather was standing 30 yards from the grassy knoll during the Kennedy assassination
X0GDj TIL that the army built a tunnel to drain Spirit Lake, to relieve water pressure against a natural dam created by the eruption of Mount St. Helens. If the tunnel fails - and it will - the dam will fail and a 40-foot wave will race down the valley, all the way to Kelso, WA, on the Columbia river.
pYxlO TIL that Roman mining activities in mid 200 BCE polluted European air so heavily that its traces can still be detected in ice cores