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TIL that Earth once had rings like Saturn.

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kOAgW TIL French Republican calendar sought to modernize the measure of time with 10 days per week, 10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour, and 100 seconds per minute.
M9Va TIL that a hatch that wouldn’t close properly probably saved the crew of the Apollo 13 mission
dDrEd TIL windsocks are used to tell the wind speed and not just direction
KakG TIL Mister Rogers was way before his time in regards to mental health and saved PBS $10M in federal budget cuts.
VMoPm TIL there's a psychological disorder called "Sunday Night Blues" and it reffers to the anxiety some people (specially workers and students) feel thinking about the start of a new week.