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TIL The Parker Solar Probe is the first NASA spacecraft named after a living scientist.

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8ajYL TIL: In 2003, the Pentagon ran a "terror futures bet exchange" allowing terror experts to bet on future assassinations or terror attacks
0d8mR TIL one of the legends behind the origin of Maultasche, a German meat dumpling from the Swabia region, states that the monk who invented the dish hid the meat in these dumplings to fool God as a work around during the Lent period.
16OyP TIL about Carotenosis, a harmless condition often mistaken for jaundice, which is caused by the prolonged consumption of carrots (and other carotene-rich foods)
wL6R6 TIL that there's a Starbucks cup visible in every scene of the movie Fight Club. Talk about Mischief, Mayhem and Soap.
R5DN7 TIL about Desmond Doss. The movie Hacksaw Ridge tells his story of saving the lives of 75 men. The truth is more incredible. The number was closer to 150 and he did so with a shattered arm, something not depicted in the movie, as the director felt it would be too much for the audience to believe.