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TIL that in 2017, the Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully fired its backup thrusters for the first time in 37 years

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6EyMX TIL the official titles of the Pope are: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the servants of God.
Oo7We TIL that in a 1983 interview with Rolling Stone, David Bowie said his public declaration of bisexuality was "the biggest mistake I ever made" and that "I was always a closet heterosexual."
xXL7 TIL there used to be a real horse-sized duck - the Dromornis Stirtoni
78kXM TIL of the "Ice City" dug into a glacier in the Alps during WW1 in the front between Austro-Hungary and Italy.
R7Brw TIL about the Aral Sea. Poorly executed Soviet irrigation projects in the 60's and 70's cause an entire sea to disappear