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TIL: An ancient planet in our solar system had its outer crust blasted away by asteroid impacts. All that remained was a solid metal core which still orbits the sun today. Scientists now propose sending a probe to this “metal world” to learn more about how our own planet formed.

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7rL67 TIL that Passenger pigeons, now extinct, once migrated across North America in flocks of up to several billion birds. In 1866, one flock in southern Ontario was described as being 1.5 km wide and 500 km long, took 14 hours to pass, and held in excess of 3.5 billion birds.
awA8Z TIL That Henry Ford was an adamant anti-semite and Adolf Hitler's personal hero
GYY71 TIL of Operation Credible Sport where a C130 propeller aircraft was equipped with rocket boosters to evacuate hostages in a soccer stadium without a runway.
kOLyd TIL Edward Youde was the only Governor of Hong Kong to die in office. He helped negotiate the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which made it clear that the British would leave Hong Kong in 1997 after 156 years of colonial rule
Lkk9p TIL the only bloodshed in the Anglo-Swedish war occured when a Swedish general killed 30 Swedish farmers for refusing to fight.