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TIL NASA engineers use Hawaiian lava fields to simulate conditions on Mars

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0wr8M TIL the first official Medals of Honor were awarded to several Union soldiers who went behind enemy lines and commandeered a train and sabotaged their way back to the North.
9wlYp TIL the Florida-based “party rap” group 2 Live Crew holds the distinction of releasing the first sound recording to be declared obscene.
kOvB4 TIL Hawaii has the coldest record high temperature (98 F/ 37 C) of any US state
9X0G TIL that Gene Wilder personally created the Willy Wonka introduction scene where he fakes being crippled.
5VAEp TIL the youngest person to ever be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease was only 19 years old, with initial symptoms beginning at 17.