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TIL That the 2020 NASA Mars Rover will be able to send actual video of Mars back for the first time

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oRwQA TIL Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt refused an Olympic silver upgrade after the original medalist tested positive posthumously, wishing the late athlete's family to keep the medal out of respect.
W7w8o TIL that one in 18 people have a third nipple. Known as polythelia, the third nipple is caused by a mutation in inactive genes.
Vl4p TIL that Brazil tops the list of countries which export guns to the US. In 2010, the US imported more than half a million handguns from Brazil.
jXwp TIL a man aspiring to become a lawyer was denied admission to the New York bar because his student debt exceeded $400,000. Five appellate judges concluded his payments had been too meager to date and thus he had not “established the character and general fitness requisite for an attorney”.
LkNev TIL that there are flying squids. They can travel a distance of 100 feet through the air by launching themselves above the surface with a jet of water and then spreading their fins and tentacles to glide.