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TIL Phobos, Mars largest moon, is set to collide with Mars or break up into a ring in 50 million years due to tidal forces.

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x6eBo TIL Most archaeologists now agree the Orion Correlation Theory — the idea that the pyramids specifically aligned with the three stars of Orion's Belt some 10,000 years ago — is a fringe idea.
1ajo8 TIL that Mesopotamians figured out that the Earth orbited the sun about 1,700 years before Copernicus and Newton. They also figured out that the moon causes the tides and that the Earth rotates around its axis.
v1AG7 TIL about Sarah Knauss, who was the oldest verified American ever, dying at age 119 on December 30, 1999. Her age was verified with the help of an 1891 US Census directory, a 1900 US Census entry, a 1901 marriage certificate, and both 1910 and 1930 US Census entries. All of these confirm her age.
NXeQe TIL a pair of dogs were awarded UK's Dickin Medal for guiding their owners and others to safety during the Twin Towers 9/11 attacks
yQAba TIL that numbats are insectivorous marsupials native to Western Australia. They mainly eat termites. Unlike most marsupials, numbats don’t have pouches. Instead, their young clamp onto teats on the mother’s belly and stay there for five months. They can have up to 4 young at once.