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TIL I learned that there is only a single ICAO airport code starting with the letter "J". It is JZRO for Jezero Crater on Mars.

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R7vN1 TIL about Valor 1 and Valor 2. Two male bald eagles that shared a nest and a partner and have successfully raised eaglets after their partner left.
ANgPl TIL: that Margaret Cho suffered kidney failure from rapid weight loss after her appearance was criticized by executive producer Gail Berman of the show All-American Girl.
GK8J TIL a 16 year old boy was jailed at Rikers for three years without a trial or conviction.
dDKwB TIL Estrogen is linked to causing depression and anxiety in women but doctors and scientists are unsure how. The actual measured level of estrogen doesn't predict emotional disturbances.
d841j TIL that Laika is not the first animal to travel into space. The title actually goes to a bunch of fruit flies aboard a V2 rocket launched in 1947. They were later recovered alive.