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TIL that Hubble Space Telescope takes only B&W photos and then the colors are added later!

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JPAl TIL mosquitoes survive being hit by a raindrop, even though it is 50 times their weight and would be like a bus hitting a human. This is the “highest ever recorded acceleration that animals have survived.”
jNKBM TIL Mountain Dew was originally a mixer to Bourbon.
9YJmm TIL that because human fast-twitch muscles contract and relax up to 70 times per second, you can clench your first tightly, hold it close to your ear, and hear it vibrating.
Eg4XX TIL that after the Goliad Campaign in which Mexican forces defeated the Texian Army, an order came down to massacre the Texans. Mexican General José de Urrea who was responsible for defeating the Texans, was strongly opposed to the massacre but was ignored.
KOEAR TIL that Dinner was once the main meal of the day, served around one or two in the afternoon, while 'supper' was a much lighter meal, or even just a snack, eaten around sundown.