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TIL There is a surface feature on Pluto named after Cthulhu
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TIL: The Wooly Bear Caterpillar lives for 14 years, freezes during winter and survives by producing natural anti-freeze in their bodies
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TIL: There are 23,000 cataloged objects orbiting Earth in space, with the majority (14,950) produced by a Chinese anti-satellite test. A collision with even the tiniest of these fragments can be disastrous to any spacecraft.
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TIL that during WWI in Germany, horses were considered army reservists; owners had to register them regularly, and the army kept detailed records on the locations of all horses. In the first weeks of the war, the German army mobilized 715,000 horses.
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TIL A chess player in the Dutch Open Championship in the early 90s deliberately threw a game, getting mated in three moves, because he had tickets for a Madonna concert and didn't want to be late.
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TIL Pancake Commercials Secretly Replace Syrup With Motor Oil Because It Doesn’t Absorb Into Pancakes.