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TIL In 2008 the mars lander disobeyed orders and protected itself.

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9BMM TIL in the Ecuadorian Rain Forest trees have been discovered that can “walk” up to 20 meters in a year
ZplNQ TIL There’s a Tree species named The Caucasian Wingnut
wAWo TIL Mr Bean’s humour truly crosses language and cultural barriers; a friend of Rowan Atkinson’s was in a poor African village during the 90s when she heard loud laughter coming from a shack. She went in & discovered most of the village gathered around a fuzzy black & white TV watching Mr Bean.
WkLJN TIL that Ukraine means "borderland" in both Russian and Polish.
8yVK TIL that Norway is ranked as the country least likely to be affected by climate change. Chad is the most vulnerable.