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TIL that Mars has only 10% the mass of the Earth.

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69lrX TIL old batteries contained cadmium, a toxic heavy metal. These batteries should not be disposed of in regular household trash at the end of their life.
ney7B TIL One of Leonard Nimoy's first screen appearances was as a Martian invader in Zombies of the Stratosphere.
e0xn4 TIL Sigmund Freud never cured anyone. He promoted cocaine as a miracle drug capable of curing a wide range of diseases, and advanced his career through falsifying case histories and betraying the mentors who had helped him to rise
o5Z7 TIL Yogendra Singh Yadav, a soldier of the Indian army, climbed up a vertical, snow-covered cliff face while under machine gun and rocket fire. Despite taking three bullets, he managed to finish the climb, grenade a bunker and then kill four enemy soldiers in hand to hand combat.
OGElY TIL Attila the Hun died not in battle, but of a nosebleed after his wedding feast. It is thought he choked on blood.