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6EJdY TIL that most of the 9/11 hijackers had no idea that they were on a suicide mission. Evidence shows that the majority likely believed that they were taking the planes hostage as a means of leveraging the release of Al-Qaeda prisoners. Only the men trained to fly the planes knew the truth.
R7L5Q TIL Scientists think Neptune has an ocean of slushy ice that's almost as hot as the sun. [Scientific link provided, but images of how I actually learned in the comments]
M764W TIL The most filmed location in the world is Central Park in New York City
OG5V6 TIL Bill Melendez (Director of Peanuts Animations) and Hawley Pratt (Director of Pink Panther Cartoons) while worked at Disney, before the strike they were friends and developed their own Naval Game with Toy Ships.
gMl67 TIL Every fourth generation of Monarch Butterflies lives 8 times longer than the previous generations and travels 10 times farther during migration.