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TIL the album cover of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” is a visual representation of the first ever extraterrestrial pulsar discovered by humans.

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LkaAr TIL People used to believe that malaria was caused by bad air ("mal aria"). When Spanish Conquistadors founded a city in modern-day Argentina they unknowingly did so beyond the breeding range of mosquitoes, the disease's vector. It became the first malaria-free port, so they named it Buenos Aires.
pY8Wb TIL Joshua Trees are not actually Trees, but Succulents. However, they are considered trees of the desert.
1aelP TIL ice blocks are cut from frozen lakes, packed in sawdust and sold and delivered door to door before the invention of refrigerators
Me8Yb TIL the early NSU Ro80 was so unreliable that some of these cars required engine rebuilds before 50k km/30k miles. Some owners even fitted the rough-running Ford V4 engine in order not to have to deal with the original rotary powertrain.
k84E TIL Pizza Hut once made a delivery to the International Space Station in 2001. They paid the Russians $1 million to transport the Pizza (and make a commercial from it).