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TIL that snakes are only legless due to a lack of a certain gene.

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BgdPD TIL the official flag of Nottinghamshire features Robin Hood.
8e9LZ TIL Russia and Pluto have almost the same area. Pluto has 17.7 million square kilometers while Russia has 17.3 million square kilometers.
LQ0od TIL Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott got his drill stuck on the moon during an experiment. When he reached a depth of 5.3 feet, lunar soil particles rode up the helix of the drill bit and halted its momentum, postponing his task. The drill chuck was later auctioned for almost $50,000 in 2016
VD4m TIL astronauts deposit their urine by dumping it out into space. Astronaut Rusty Schweickart called a urine dump at sunset “one of the most beautiful sights” he saw in space.
VBkrQ TIL of the SS Birma, which steamed to aid The Titanic. They arrived too late to help, but held a memorial with a British flag they created themselves, and also took photographs of icebergs in the vicinity of the sinking.