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TIL there was a proposed NASA mission for 2016 to put the first extraterrestrial seafaring probe into one of Titan’s seas.

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ernJ TIL in 1918 a carrier pigeon saved 194 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been blinded in one eye, shot through the breast, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
4Xxna TIL about Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1896-1966), a Chinese-American suffragette. At the age of 16, she was invited to help lead a march of 10,000 people up Fifth Avenue.
NXraM TIL Elytra, AKA the hard casing of beetle wings, were used in Mughal India and then later on in Victorian England to adorn clothing, like an early form of sequins.
VMPVk TIL a VA man sued himself for $5m, claiming that he violated his own civil rights by committing crimes and being sent to prison. He asked the state to pay the $5m on his behalf since he was a ward of the state.
VMKY4 TIL Beethoven was never considered a child prodigy. In fact, he didn't play his first symphony until he was 30 years old.