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TIL Asclepius, the Greek God of Medicine, is the son of Coronis

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LQkrP TIL - In 1956, the Marine Corps' AD-4B (A-1) Skyraider had a "relief tube" for pilots to urinate, but no provision for #2. An aviator on a 4 hour flight needed to take off his helmet, and poop into it.
yVOxv TIL tire manufacturers identify irregularities with dots of paint
1B74 TIL that Astronomers Have Spotted Oldest and Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed at 30 Billion Light Years Away
ANQxB TIL that there is a fudge factory in a town called Uranus in Missouri
kDed TIL in 1986 a Soviet sub sank under odd conditions, when they revisited the wreck the missile hatches were forced open, and 2 warheads were reported missing.