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9YrGB TIL in February 14, 1990 as the Voyager 1 completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, NASA commanded it to turn its camera around and take one last photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of astronomer Carl Sagan. The Earth is seen as a Pale Blue Dot.
D58v TIL While teaching at Leeds University, J.R.R. Tolkien started a “viking club” in which students and faculty would read old sagas and drink. They also wrote original songs and poems in extinct languages like Old English and Old Norse.
yVX4V TIL J.W Boucher, a Canadian, managed to get enlisted into the Union army during the american civil war on his 3rd attempt after he initialy got rejected as too young to serve. In 1917, at the age of 72, he lied about his age and managed to get enlisted into WW1, likely the oldest person to serve
lovb1 TIL In 1896 two norwegians crossed the Atlantic in 55 days in a rowboat. A record that lasted 114 years.
N7R9b TIL that Motorcycle Chariot Racing became an extremely popular sport in the 1920s when some Australians replaced the horses with motorcycles, after watching the silent film version of 'Ben Hur'