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TIL Mr. Roger’s middle name was “McFeely”

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59eD TIL There Is A Psychosomatic Illness That Causes People To Think They Are Pregnant With Dogs
kOv5g TIL about the worst space related disaster in history. In 1994 China launched an untested rocket which immediately crashed into a nearby village, destroying it--killing hundreds. Officially only 6 died.
PYnlG TIL the Bramble Cay Melomys is among the first mammals to disappear because of failure to adapt in the modern era. Some time between 2009 and 2014 the last of this species died, probably drowning in a storm surge on an island off the coast of Australia where it had thrived for thousands of years.
69egw TIL a former professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley named Gregory Abbott became a musician and in 1987 topped the charts in the U.S. with his song "Shake You Down"
5YGjP TIL The Hubble Space Telescope has already required 4 servicing missions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2002). The fifth mission, that was scheduled in 2005, was canceled following the Columbia disaster (2003). Hubble's problems began when it was discovered that its optical system had a flawed mirror.