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TIL that this type of oval is more specifically known as a discorectangle or sausage body

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jN6JQ TIL The Lunokhod1 was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world.
4XgnN TIL that if the Earth would begin falling towards the Sun, the whole journey would take about 65 days. It would take 41 days to cross the orbit of Venus, and on day 57, we'd cross the orbit of Mercury.
pENe TIL that the 1997 film Titanic, adjusted for inflation, still cost more to make than the actual ship itself in 1909.
5Kl9 TIL that banks have therapists who help their super rich clients who mentally unable to cope with their immense wealth.
v5rr TIL Chef Boyardee of canned Ravioli fame was awarded both the Gold Star order of excellence from the US War Dept. & the Order of Lenin from Russia for supplying rations to allied troops during WWII