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TIL that the NASA - Space Shuttle Endeavour is named after the first ship commanded by 18th century British explorer James Cook.

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newxr TIL that Branford Marsalis played saxophone on Public Enemy's Fight the Power
nWLjd Today I learned Berry Gordy, founder of Mo Town Records, is a blood-related distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter as a consequence of slavery.
dDYAZ TIL Hungary had more casualties in World War 2 than the United Kingdom, or the United States
GA1eN TIL the modern gas container, the jerry can, was invented in 1937 Germany. In the start of WWII, the UK used leaky, flimsy tin containers called "flimsies" but soon captured jerry cans and the Allies started copying the German design
6mQ7 TIL the world’s largest jellyfish – the lion’s mane – is longer than a blue whale.