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TIL that the leading pioneer of Japanese rocket science, Hideo Itokawa, was nicknamed "Dr. Rocket"

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Y7DLr TIL there was one survivor from Custer’s Last Stand, a horse named Comanche. The horse died several years later and was given full military honors, then was stuffed and placed in a Kansas museum.
LgbQ TIL the Indus Valley Civilizaton’s major cities had flushing toilets in almost every home by 2600 BC
ZJlp TIL that 2003 was likely “the first time an automatic weapon had been fired in a crime in Britain.”
wL6LW TIL of 'Sea-lioning' - a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity
MeA4m TIL of the Holocene extinction event, one of the most significant extinction events in the history of the Earth, happening now, as a direct result of Humans.