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TIL the Apollo moonshot rocket was fueled by kerosene

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lMmV TIL: Jules Verne in 1863 made a book called “Paris in the 20th century” that has everything from glass skyscrapers, automobiles, hippies, computers, the magnetic train, modern music and so on. Publishers back in the day rejected it because they felt it was too unrealistic.
a8Nmo TIL that in recent years, dozens of North Korean "ghost ships," often with deceased crew members onboard, have washed up along the Japanese coast.
yQ70w TIL Humans in the year 2020 are closer in time to a Tyrannosaurus Rex than Tyrannosaurus Rex is to a Stegosaurus. T-Rex lived in the late Cretaceous period ~68 million years ago. Stegosaurus lived in the Late Jurassic period ~155 million years ago.
7GDO TIL Sperm were first observed in 1677, and were described as “Animalcules”, each containing a miniature yet fully formed human. This came into question when it was pointed out that meant each sperm itself carried sperm.
Wyd4 TIL that Deaf people experience a “tip of the fingers” phenomenon in sign language, just as hearing persons describe a word being on the “tip of their tongue”