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TIL Earth has a planetary protection officer, who is responsible for keeping invasive extraterrestrial species at bay

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J18dm TIL about Aleksander Doba. At the age of 65, he kayaked from Senegal to Brazil across the Atlantic Ocean in a kayak without a sail, relying only on a paddle and his muscles. The voyage took 99 days and spanned 5394 kilometers.
7DAM TIL that US Marines murdered 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in response to an IED that killed a Marine in Haditha, Iraq. The Marine Corps reported that 15 civilians were killed by the IED, and 8 ‘insurgents’ were killed in response. Evidence showed this report to be false.
gM7G7 TIL there is a gene in E. Coli called YeeT
1av08 TIL legend has it that when Julius Caesar was born, they had to cut open his mother’s womb to deliver him. That’s why the modern surgery is called a Caesarian section.
XbXR TIL the first role Michael Cera auditioned for was the role of Cole in the Sixth Sense.