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TIL: NASA may have discovered clouds on exoplanet GJ 1214 b. There is a chance it might be an ocean planet.

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NXmx6 TIL about the Sea Peoples, a group of tribes that invaded Ancient Egypt around 1200 BCE and might have had a decisive influence on bringing the Late Bronze Age to an end. However, scholars are not sure who the Sea Peoples were, or where they lived.
nWlAB TIL that British Royalty used to place Wax or Wood figures of the deceased on top of their coffin before burial and for display afterward in Westminster Abbey. More than 20 of these funeral effigies, dating back to Edward III from 1377, remain and are on display at the Westminster Abbey Museum.
1QB4 TIL of Jeffrey Stockbridge, a photographer who takes pictures of prostitutes and drug-addicts from Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for its drug abuse.
W7n4 TIL in WWI, a dog named Stubby was promoted to sergeant in the US Army for locating and effectively capturing a German spy.
7rGNZ TIL that Vaclav Bozdech, a soldier in WWII, found a puppy while on the run and planned to kill it so its barking would not alert the Germans. Unable to bring himself to do so, he took it with him, and the dog later helped find survivors of an air raid and saved Bozdech's life during the Cold War.