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TIL Japan successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft on an asteroid, collected samples in 2005. The probe returned to earth in 2010.

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nekeP TIL that in the 85 years since Pluto’s discovery, it has yet to complete a single orbit of the Sun. A single Plutonian year is 247.68 Earth years.
Bg6wK TIL that, due to fires and poor archiving and storage methods, approximately 90% of films from the Silent Era (1890s-1920s) are lost
0wn7R TIL Not long after Julius Caesar was assassinated, a comet shone for seven successive days. This signified Julius Caesar's ascension to Godhood, and propaganda for Caesar's nephew. The comet was described as: "To make that soul a star that burns forever, Above the Forum and the gates of Rome."
QJx5E TIL that Mel Brooks produced the 1986 scifi horror The Fly, but left his name off the credits so people wouldn't expect a "Mel Brooks" movie.
awkmy TIL that Kim Jong Il’s eldest son, Kim Jong Nam, was expected to succeed his father’s rule until he got caught trying to sneak into Japan to go to Disneyland. So that Disneyland trip prevented him from being supreme ruler of North Korea.