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TIL that 4 billion years ago Mars looked a lot like Earth.

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NX4Oe TIL Richard Wagner fled to Zurich between 1849 and 1858, due to his involvement in the May uprising in Dresden. Zurich changed Wagner from being an employed conductor and composer to becoming a freelance composer and writer, which was a new concept
Z88ba Yes, unless they’re caked in snow and ice
GYJG1 TIL Lisa Nowak operated the robotic arm on the International Space Station and also became the first astronaut ever to be arrested. She is remembered for wearing maximum-absorption garments—government-issued astronaut diapers—during her 950-mile drive from Houston to Orlando
MeOGb TIL of a 1992 BBC Halloween horror spoof that traumatised children, jammed the BBC switchboard with panicked callers, caused three women to enter labour, and a teen suicide.
9YmV6 TIL that caterpillar-damaged plants protect themselves by attracting parasitic wasps. Studies have shown that a variety of plants, when injured by herbivores, emit chemical signals that guide natural enemies to the herbivores.