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TIL Mozart, Lenin and Hitler were all regulars at the very same bar

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X0EXD TIL only one spacecraft has ever entered orbit around two separate extraterrestrial objects. The Dawn mission entered the orbit of Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, and then left orbit after a year and traveled to Ceres.
54AP TIL even though Calculus is widely believed to have been invented by European scientists during the 14th century, its mathematical principles were actually used by Babylonian astronomers over 2000 years ago.
78ror TIL Massachusetts -- famous for its bad drivers and bad roads -- has the lowest road fatality rate of any state
QNlNL TIL that “splooting” is actually a technical term that means lying in a spread-eagled, prone posture. It is typically performed by four-legged mammals such as dogs and squirrels when they wish to relax or cool down. It may also be known as frogging or pancaking.
ZpKWQ TIL that gunfights were still legal in the US less than 90 years ago