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TIL Our moon, Luna, is over 2,100 miles in diameter. While Mars’ moons Deimos and Phobos are only 7.5 and 14 respectively.

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O9QL TIL of a British Marine who flung himself back-first onto a grenade to save his comrades. Though the explosion threw him in the air, his rucksack absorbed the blast and he walked away with a nosebleed and a headache
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