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TIL the NEAR Shoemaker probe landed on the asteroid Eros on February 12, 2001

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j6AlM TIL that Zarqāʾ al-Yamāma, who was known for her blue eyes and sharp eyesight in pre-islamic Arabia and Hind Bint al-Nu`man, the Christian daughter of the last Lakhmid king of Hira were the first known Lesbian couple in Arabia.
PYQwn TIL an alligator can go two years without feeding by burning fat reserves at the base of it's tail.
yVkjp Today i learned that a movie is to be released after 100 years, directed by Robert Rodriguez. Advertised in 2015 with the tagline "The Movie You Will Never See", it is due to be released on November 18, 2115
0drOA TIL A Canadian Mental Health and Addiction Centre has a success rate of nine in 10 patients getting better from a psychiatric point of view and it only takes patients for whom all previous treatment attempts have failed
5van TIL Sir Isaac Newton was a member of parliament in the UK, but his only contribution to the debates was to request the window to be closed because of a cold draught