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TIL: How NASA will land Perseverance rover on MARS using Sky Crane technology (Animation)

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woNEJ TIL: In 1830, Victor Hugo locked away his clothes to avoid procrastination and leaving the house. He finished "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in just six months.
Yed7 TIL that “Mayhem” from the Allstate commercials is one of the most recognized advertising characters, but a study found that only 41% of respondents could actually link him to Allstate
1y8W TIL Steve Wozniak put a fake bomb in a locker during high school and spent the night in a juvenile detention center where he taught prisoners how to disconnect the ceiling fan wires and connect them to bars so it would shock people on touch
D10Me TIL that when the chief model maker for Thomas the Tank Engine left his rock band in 1970, he was replaced by Freddie Mercury and his former band became Queen
Wxv4 TIL Between 213-210BC in Ancient China, Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi buried scholars alive (and burned books) in order to unify all thoughts and political opinions and to suppress intellectual discourse.