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TIL Queen guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist and member of the NASA team that interprets data from Pluto.

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N496 TIL that 95% of historic mosques and monuments (many 1000 yrs old) in Mecca were torn down by the Saud family to make hotels, palaces and libraries.
awnl9 TIL Egypt has an ice hockey team, and one of the coolest emblems ever: a Pharaoh’s death mask merged with a traditional goalie mask
NXeO6 TIL the cities of Chicago and Washington D.C. have curfews prohibiting anyone under 18 years to be outside after 10-12 PM.
WkM5B TIL that 71 percent of Americans age 17 to 24 are ineligible to join the military, primarily because they are too overweight or too poorly educated, or they have a record of serious crime or drug abuse.
K5ZE TIL researchers placed an exercise wheel in the wild and found it was used extensively by mice without any reward for using it. Other users included rats, shrews, and slugs.