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TIL that all the mountains on Titan are named after mountains and peaks from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

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YGgW TIL there are only 8 active Wienermobiles in the United States and only college seniors who are about to graduate are eligible to become drivers.
BrDLr TIL Emilio Morella is an Argentine man who was the first documented person born on the continent of Antarctica, in 1978. His pregnant mother had been airlifted there by Argentina in order to support their claim for part of the Antarctic as their territory
D111p TIL the color of a placebo pill matters. In a classic study, researchers randomized patients to receive different color placebo pills for pain relief - they found that red placebo pills “worked” the best.
69mpw TIL Amazon women is not women of the Amazon (Brazil) but rather mythical tribes in Greek Mythology
7rwjb TIL Spielberg began work on a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind called 'Night Skies' about a family living in a house being attacked by aliens which then split into both E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Poltergeist. In Gremlins, you'll see a theater marquee listing abandoned names for E.T.