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TIL That when astronomers discovered a rare type of comet doesn't produce a "tail" when close to the sun they named them "Manx Comets", after the Manx breed of tailless cats

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m14Np TIL that sniper Simo Häyhä kept a Winter War diary discovered in 2018 from his nephew's drawer, that can now be read online for free, visualized and contextualized also with his letters and other memories
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