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TIL in spite of the way they are portrayed in sci-fi films, asteroid belts are not densely populated and a passing spacecraft has virtually zero chance of striking one. In fact, considerable effort is required to ensure contact with an asteroid.

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WkvJ9 TIL About the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum. It was Rededicated as Recent as 2013. The Only Presidential Library Dedicated to a President of a Different Nation. Davis was Famously the President of The Confederate States of America.
PYZnw TIL that venomous snakes can still bite after its head has been severed.
GaeJ TIL: South Africa has no legally defined capital city. Power is shared between Cape Town (Parliament), Bloemfontein (Administrative), Pretoria (President & Cabinet) and Johannesburg (Constitutional Court).
A5bB TIL that Gregor Mendel started off breeding mice, but had to switch to plants because monks shouldn’t live with sexually active beings
R74e1 TIL That Loofah Sponges are the interior of a gourd native to South East Asia. The young fruit is often grown as a food crop, and when the gourds mature, they get a hard fibrous interior which are often sold as cleaning sponges.