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TIL applications for Mars One, the first manned mission to Mars will be accepted soon.

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b6jd4 TIL in 2002, the UK Royal Marines accidentally invaded Spain because they're landed in the wrong beach during landing exercise in Gibraltar
R9mj TIL: Double stuffed oreos only have 1.86x the cream that regular oreos have, not double.
dDxB TIL A researcher has hacked pacemakers and can kill you from his laptop within a 30 ft radius
Eddw TIL: A Nazi officer who saved many Poles and Jews during WWII was sent to a Soviet labour camp after the war- despite petition- until he died from the torture
DQAGr TIL NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft was secretly modified with missile countermeasures before bringing Enterprise to the 1983 Paris Air Show.