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TIL that Mars has it's own flag.

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dp7Z TIL that Jean Sylvain Bailly, the mayor of Paris and a renowned scientist was executed during the Reign of Terror. While being led to the guillotine a member of the crowd mocked “Do you tremble, Bailly” and was met with the response “Yes but only from the cold”.
5Nkk TIL that a single Finnish man hid in the Finland forests during WW2 and killed over 500 Soviets in less than 100 days. He was nicknamed “White Death” by the Soviets and they focused missions entirely on him.
nWaBo TIL A 2021 study found that people who have experienced financial indebtedness are 2.5x more likely to commit suicide
Egbr0 TIL SoFi Stadium's 5 billion dollar construction cost was entirely funded by private investors with no tax payer money.
b0AZ TIL Ibn Al-Haytham, a Muslim physicist and scientist that lived during the Golden Age of Islam, is credited with the creation of the scientific method that has became the basis of Western science today.