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TIL the surface of mars can currently sustain liquid water.

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kOK7d TIL The guy in the 'Bad Luck Brian' meme pic fully embraced his fame, hired an IP lawyer and capitalized on the meme with clothing, board games, a car commercial, etc. He also has had great luck in his life winning multiple scratch off tickets and drawings.
voP4 TIL that in September 1939 the last thing BBC television aired before going off the air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon. When broadcasts resumed in 1946, the same cartoon was replayed.
8oeK TIL OJ Simpson’s father was a well-known drag queen in the SF area and died of AIDS in 1986.
R5LEQ TIL that the first known museum dates to circa 530 BC in the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and was an exhibit of artefacts from earlier Mesopotamian kingdoms. Its curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of King Nabonidus (who has been called 'the first archeologist'.)
Eg1Bp TIL that Steve McQueen was on Charles Manson’s ‘Hit List’ and was meant to be assassinated like Sharon Tate in 1969