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TIL contrary to popular belief, tortoises are in fact turtles rather than part of a separate group.

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5YMjR TIL Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell took home a 16 mm camera from the Lunar Module that would have otherwise been destroyed. Mitchell tried to auction the camera to help medical treatments for his son who had cancer before he agreed to relinquish the camera by donating it to the Smithsonian
R5gw7 TIL that during America’s post war occupation of Germany between May 1945 and December 1948, nearly 50 American servicemen were murdered.
6E6LW TIL of Cortes Bank, an underwater mountain 100 miles off the southern California coast that rises to within 3 feet of the ocean surface. Currents pushed up by the reef produce breaking waves of 80+ feet.
GvRj TIL the Grasshopper mouse is a carnivorous rodent that dines on worms, scorpions, snakes, and even other mice. It also “stalks its prey in the manner of a cat, sneaking up quietly, and defends its territory by ‘howling’ like a small wolf.”
XL7j TIL None of the top 5 countries with largest Muslim population are located in the Middle-East