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TIL that Mars Express, the first planetary mission attempted by the European Space Agency, is still fully functioning and making scientific discoveries, after entering Martian orbit over 19 years ago.

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bQP0 TIL Hugo Boss founded his company in 1924, ten years later advertising that he had been a “supplier for National Socialist uniforms since 1924”, eventually used POW’s and forced laborers for mass production.
rNObo TIL the name of the Smith & Wollensky steakhouse was created by selecting two random names from a phone book. First names for the fictional founders were the names of the actual founder's dogs.
NQ6P TIL: 90% of interracial violent crime is committed by blacks against whites.
WGoN TIL that the at-sign, @, is not a modern invention. It has been found on documents as old as 1345.
kOE6W TIL in the story of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, the Torah uses the singular word tzefardeah for frog, not the plural tzefard'im. Some interpret this as meaning Egypt was plagued by a singular frog.