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TIL that scorpions give birth to live offspring, and that they are called "scorplings".

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l7OlB TIL that despite remaining neutral during WWII, Switzerland was accidentally bombed over 70 times, most often by the US. After Zurich was accidentally bombed 1945, the American pilots were courtmartialed, and the presiding officer was Col. Jimmy Stewart.
16Z67 TIL of the Polynesian legend of Mahuika – goddess of fire and the grandmother of Māui. She married Auahi-roa (a comet) and their children were the fingernails of fire on Mahuika's hand. Years later, Māui retrieved the fingernails and planted them in the trees used for making fire.
W74Eo TIL 36 seconds after takeoff, Apollo 12 was struck by lightning and the computers, particularly those dealing with telemetry, immediately became garbled. The mission was almost aborted before engineer John Aaron recommended an obscure switch which reset data, saving the mission
JYWbQ TIL the show Chuck referenced the Mandela Effect several months before Fiona Broome coined the phrase (time stamp 0:40)
RNJl TIL Pluto is no longer a planet because just 424 experts out of 10k+ decided it wasn’t