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TIL a Mars colonization project planned for 2023 will be funded by creating a reality TV show.

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NXMkM TIL that Chimpanzees can have "Down Syndrome" or trisomy 22
E1B1w TIL the famous song Singin' In The Rain was published in 1929 and sung by popular singers like Judy Garland and Dean Martin before becoming the centerpiece in the 1952 musical of the same name
jNWJN TIL the Hell's Angels was formed as a motorcycle club in 1948 for WWII veterans to connect and create a community. Military surplus had made motorcycles inexpensive and young men were missing their fellow soldiers. They proudly named themselves after the fighter squadron, "Hell's Angels".
aPNo TIL: Chris Hadfield says every astronaut on the International Space Station has deposited urine on the right rear tire of the vehicle taking them to the rocket, as a tribute to Yuri Gagarin doing the same on his first trip into space.
QQOa TIL Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.