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TIL Mars rover top speed is 4.2 cm/ sec.

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6EJyl TIL of the devastation of Sandby Borg. It was the scene of a massacre in the late 5th century AD. The victims of the massacre were never buried but are found lying as they fell, inside the houses and scattered on the streets of the fort. The site was never occupied again.
5YAGQ TIL that The Male Brain Is Hardwired To Prioritize Sex Over Food. Researchers from the University College London found that the male brain has specific neurons that can override the desire to eat for sex, according to their study published in the journal Nature.
v16w8 TIL Tommy Lee Jones is a successful coffee commercial actor in Japan
ynpa TIL that the difference in color of green/yellow/red bell peppers is their stage in the ripening process, not that they are different varieties.
ZGOQ TIL due to heavy inbreeding, Louis XIV of France (17th century) is descended from Louis IX of France (13th century) in 368 different ways