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TIL that NASA is developing a clockwork rover that uses no electricity to survive the harsh climate of Venus. It's powered by a wind turbine, springs, and gears, and transmits data via a Morse code shutter.

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5B98 TIL that it took Pearl Jam around 70 times to record the song ‘Even Flow’, With guitarist Mike McCready stating, “I swear to God it was a nightmare. We played that thing over and over until we hated each other.”
ZMBD TIL Male dolphins separate female dolphins from their families and deny them food until they agree to mate.
69gKZ TIL that Hachiko, the dog famous for waiting for his owner for years after the owner's death, was stuffed and put into a museum
8MlK TIL that the Mongols’ military tactics were so fierce that they would catapult diseased corpses over city walls to infect the population and even rerouted rivers after a city had fallen so that it could never rise again
dDmME TIL that a few people have been given at birth the first name Camera. According to the SSA, in 2003 it was the 8,511 most given baby boy name in the United States.