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TIL we have a photograph from the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan

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xVNkB TIL Rube Goldberg made his sons Thomas and George change their lastname to protect them from backlash from his political cartoons. Thomas chose the lastname George as a tribute to his brother, and in the spirit of family, George followed suit, voluntarily spending entire life going by George George.
PYV0G TIL: In New York state, a hot dog is legally a sandwich
xVdrD TIL Bob Marley’s dad was a white British naval captain who impregnated local teenagers, and one of them was the mother of the legendary Bob Marley.
bgAQ TIL the White House was in such bad shape during the Truman presidency that a building inspector said the second floor was only staying up “by force of habit.” The president’s bathroom and bedroom were sealed off because they were structurally unsafe.
awyJ TIL that it is possible to walk from US soil to Russian soil from December to June as an ice bridge forms between the Diomede islands