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TIL that Disney filming crews push Lemmings down the cliff

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Me7DB On July 14th, the New Horizons spacecraft will make history when it sails past Pluto, formerly known as the ninth planet. Even more incredible is how fast we got there. The spacecraft traveled 3 billion miles in nine and a half years. That’s about a million miles a day for almost ten years. How the heck did we do it?
lo7oK TIL that wild turkeys can fly up to 55 mph(89 kph) in short bursts.
j6XBp TIL PTSD did not become an official medical diagnosis until 1980.
VMNyp Today I learned that there are 72 million babies born around the world this year alone and we have not even reached the end of the year!
Z8VPo TIL That Dutch Ovens "...were so valuable that wills in the 18th and 19th centuries frequently spelled out the desired inheritor."