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TIL the word "skunk" is derived from a word that literally means pee fox

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N7mM1 TIL the Voyager I and II space probes, which are currently racing through interstellar space, each include a golden record with 115 analog-encoded photographs, greetings in 55 languages, a 12-minute montage of sounds on Earth and 90 minutes of music (including Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B. Good')
JYed8 TIL that one of the people convicted during the (thoroughly debunked) Satanic Panic of the 80s, which accused daycare workers of abusing children for Satanic purposes, is still in prison
O0V7 TIL in 2003 a pallasite meteorite as old as the earth itself was found in China. It’s so beautiful a sliver can fetch millions at auction.
8ajW8 TIL that GED Was Initially Only For Vets Who Were Drafted Into War Before They Finished High School. Civilians Weren't Eligible for GEDs Until Decades Later
NXEk6 TIL The first Postal Letterbox in the US began as a hollowed out tree on Long Island in the year 1787