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TIL it would be possible to restore the atmosphere of Mars by placing a giant magnet between the Sun and Mars

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Ey5P TIL not only are there radar detectors, but radar detector-detectors, and even radar detector-detector-detectors
BgKmy TIL that Theodore Roosevelt is the only United States President to have received the Medal of Honor, with it being awarded to him posthumously in 2001 after having been nominated during the Spanish American War.
W7Ra9 TIL that in 2020, a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Rick Morgan pulled over an SUV driven by a five-year-old boy
e04PL TIL that in the European Union you are not allowed to skip your break if you are working more than 6 hours a day.
WkLWA TIL that the core of the Earth is about 2.5 years younger than the crust. This is due to gravitational time dilation, a consequence of General Relativity