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TIL there's a penny on Mars

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0d8Gy TIL Garmin had to skip naming the fourth iteration of Fenix, 4, because the phonetic pronunciation combo of both ‘Fenix’ and ‘4’ together in Mandarin is basically translated as “fast rise to quick death.”
W7GWN TIL that on June 15, 2018, Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. During the ceremony, the European Space Agency honored him by beaming a recording of his voice toward the nearest known black hole, which will take 3,500 years to arrive.
5NdP TIL the constitution of the Bhutan specifies that 60% of the country must remain forested.
XLNP TIL The Louisiana state bar exam is 22.5 hours long
DRpg TIL Germany’s World War II invasion of France was aided by crystal meth. New research says tablets of the stimulant enabled German troops to stay awake for three days and three nights and push through the Ardennes mountains.