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TIL that scientists are working on a nuclear fusion rocket which could reach Mars in 30 days.

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7rwZO TIL that during the great depression, people used to pull cars with horses because they couldn't afford gas
5YMBD TIL the Italian container ship “Grande America”, carrying 2,000+ cars, sank after a fire broke out along with 4 Porsche 911 GT2 RS's, their fastest production model limited to 1,000 units. All 27 crew members were able to evacuate and Porsche restarted production to make 4 more to fill the orders
9w4km TIL that the voice of Woody Woodpecker was done by his Creator's wife. She had to do so by submitting an anonymous audition tape after Walter Lantz rejected the idea that a woman could voice the male character.
9knX TIL that Mike Tyson was arrested 38 times by age 13
dD6D9 TIL about the Arabic novel Theologus Autodidactus, (“ The Self-taught Theologian"), which is considered to be one of the earliest Science Fiction stories. Its ‘impact event’ climax ends with a catastrophic doomsday apocalypse. It was written between 1268 and 1277.