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6Ey7Z TIL Potoo birds are the most divergent of any other species of birds, being so ancient that fossils of them can be found from 40 million years ago. This suggest they are one of the oldest species of birds.
Z85K4 TIL that a Golf magazine managed to free a man from prison after serving for 27 years on a false charge for murder. “It’s embarrassing for the legal system that for a long time the best presentation of the investigation was from a golf magazine.” - Donald Thompson
XEQD6 TIL that the abbreviation RIP originally comes from the Latin phrase “Requiescat In Pace” and not “Rest in Peace”
m1KDP TIL that the Soviet Mars 3 lander was the first spacecraft to attain a soft landing on Mars in 1971, 26 years before the first successful mission of NASA's Sojourner in 1997. It worked, however, only for 110 seconds including 20 seconds of data transmission, a partial gray image with no details.
XEMWQ TIL Phil Collins is an honorary member of the Hip-Hop group, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony due to the international success of their single, “Home”, on which Collins is featured. Collin’s moniker for the group is “Chrome Bone”.