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TIL that Indian spacecraft Mangalyaan’s journey from Earth to Mars took 6 months, which is less than Christopher Columbus’ first journey from Europe to America (8 months)

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mAKE TIL there is only one time zone for all of India. India does not observe any form of daylight saving time or any other seasonal adjustments to the time.
9jn6 TIL there is a D.C. super villain named Snowflame who gains super powers from snorting cocaine.
yWMM TIL that despite the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France, France instructed its ships not to interfere with the Endeavour’s expedition to Tahiti to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus as, it was ‘out on enterprises of service to all mankind’.
e0QX6 TIL alcohol based hand sanitizers can cause severe intoxication in small children when absorbed through the skin.
epDm5 TIL that dogs have specific tastebuds fine-tuned to the taste of water, so they experience it differently than humans who often describe it as “tasteless”