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TIL NASA contemplated sending giant beach ball-like rovers to Mars that would be propelled by wind

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WkVXN TIL that until 1930, Brazil was actually called The "United States of Brazil". That means that until relatively recently, there was a USA and a USB in the American continent, one North one South.
R71al TIL that a Latvian man evaded the Soviets in bunkers in the woods for the entirety of the 50 year Soviet occupation. He came put when the last Soviet troops left, age 70.
9wdyG TIL A Dominican man survived nearly a month at sea with nothing but ketchup and seasonings.
714b TIL there is a tree native to Florida, the MANCHINEEL, that is so dangerous that standing under it in the rain is enough to cause blistering if the skin is wetted by raindrops containing any sap.
4XwwX TIL that the 3 times that the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution has been invoked for an acting President, all have been concerned with colonoscopies.