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TIL in early 19th century Spanish overseas expansion and Russian expansion moving south by land from Alaska, met in California. Fort Ross was the southernmost Russian settlement, located in modern day Sonoma County

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VM1gG TIL that the Laotian rock rat was thought to be extinct for 11 million years until it was discovered in a meat market in Laos.
QJ1YL TIL that Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus Foetidus) is one of the few plants in the world with thermogenic properties. It can generate internal temperatures from 27-63°F through cellular respiration.
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lo4NK TIL on November 24, 2021, NASA launched its DART Mission to test propulsion technology designed to alter the course of an asteroid. The unmanned mission will intercept a moonlet of the asteroid Didymos in late September 2022, attempting to change the orbital period and thus change Didymos’ momentum