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TIL: 17th Century explorer Louis Jolliet, who is famous for mapping the Mississippi River, Lost his original drawing of the map when his canoe capsized and later redrew it from memory.

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wLYE7 TIL of Charles Carpenter, a US army reconnaissance pilot who got so bored for not seeing enough action he decided to strap bazookas to his plane and would eventually destroy at least six German tanks by war's end.
mxEZy TIL Astronomers discovered a bizarre rogue planet wandering the Milky Way. The free-range planet, which is nearly 13 times the mass of Jupiter and does not orbit a star, also displays stunningly bright auroras that are generated by a magnetic field 4 million times stronger than Earth's.
jvrp TIL that although Freddie Mercury was known for his large vocal range, he was actually a baritone. He didn’t believe that his fans would recognize his voice unless he sang as a tenor.
1arlV TIL that lab analysis of Mexican Coca Cola shows it contains no sucrose i.e. "real sugar" and instead has a blend of fructose and glucose similar to US coke
AwAl TIL there’s a Dutch village fully staffed by caregivers in disguise to make dementia patients feel like they’re living a normal life.