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TIL Beaver Moon: Full Moon in November 2023

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rN45W TIL there's a hypothesis the moon Phobos may cycle between being a moon and a ring system around Mars. It reaches the Roche limit and breaks up into rings then slowly reforms, getting smaller each time. We were just born in a time when it is a moon not a ring system.
EvLo TIL that President Reagan fired all the air traffic controllers because they went on strike. He also lifetime banned them from the FAA.
egoE TIL German U-Boat 1206 was 8 days into its 1st tour when the Commander had a problem working the new type of toilet. The engineer called to help opened a wrong valve, flooding the battery compartment, causing release of Chlorine gas. Forced to surface, they were quickly spotted & captured by Allies.
VB4dk TIL that John Lennon didn't contribute to "Here Comes the Sun"
jNgdN TIL the use of phrenology was largely responsible for the racial divide that resulted in the 1994 Rwandan genocide which killed over 1 million people