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TIL Horatio Nelson had a "friendship ceremony" where he exchanged rings with Emma Hamilton, while they were both married to other people

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rRPxw TIL NASA's longest serving female employee since January 1958, Sue Finley, has been an engineer and programmer for space missions since Explorer 1, for missions to the Moon, Sun, all the planets and many other solar system bodies, and recipient of NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal.
Mek6B TIL most animal and plant species are able to generate Vitamin C on their own. Humans (and related species), Guinea Pigs and Capybaras are among the few that can't
epB9k TIL about a phenomenon in mines called rock burst. Rock bursts occur when mining tunnels alter the pressure placed on nearby rocks which can cause the rocks to explode. Miners are killed every year by rock bursts.
ADnnd TIL Some ant queens will find a queen with an established nest to kill and impersonate. To sneak into the nest they first find and kill a worker ant for its scent.
mjeE TIL that as of 2008, TV show Top Gear had a waiting list of over 300,000 names, or 21 years worth of episodes