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TIL if conditions aren’t right tadpoles remain tadpoles until conditions improve even living through winters in their ponds

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lXJA TIL the Mars Rover “Spirit” was hit by a dust devil on the surface of Mars. It was left unharmed and its solar panels were actually cleaned by the storm in what’s known as the “Cleaning Event”.
grVpA TIL trolley refers to trams and not just shopping carts. I had believed for the longest time that the trolley problem referred to shopping carts running over people...
k6WW TIL there is a fictional brand of cigarettes that multiple TV shows, films, and video games use called Morleys.
GAGg7 TIL When the Apollo astronauts were out of radio contact with the ground, they had a tape recorder inside their spacecraft that recorded their private, unguarded conversations. These transcripts were classified until the late 1970s because they included detailed information about Apollo operations
89j8 TIL that in 2009 archaeologists discovered elephants, baboons, wildcats and other animals buried in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis, Egypt. It was possibly the world’s first zoo-like environment, dating back to 3500 B.C.