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TIL the worlds smallest hooved animals are mouse-sized deer that weigh as little as 1.5 lbs.

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EGp7 TIL Japan successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft on an asteroid, collected samples in 2005. The probe returned to earth in 2010.
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