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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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a8ew0 TIL Originally the past participle was hoist and not hoisted as in "he was hoist with his own petard"
OoEwR TIL during WW1 the Royal Navy essentially dragged a flotilla overland to check German dominance of a strategically important African lake.
OGAb6 TIL that Paul Ignatius, America's Secretary of the Navy and Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War is still alive at the age of 103
j6yQN TIL 12-year-old Bahia Bakari was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Indian Ocean that killed her mom & 151 others. She had little swimming experience & no life vest. So she clung to a piece of the wreckage & floated in heavy seas for over 9 hours, much of it in darkness, before being rescued.
ADJMn TIL Hinduism deity called 'Ila' is an androgyne deity which is known for their sex changes. As a man, he is known as Sudyumna and as a woman, is called Ilā.