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TIL terriers were used as rat catchers and they’re way more effective than cats

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lo4NK TIL on November 24, 2021, NASA launched its DART Mission to test propulsion technology designed to alter the course of an asteroid. The unmanned mission will intercept a moonlet of the asteroid Didymos in late September 2022, attempting to change the orbital period and thus change Didymos’ momentum
bGgQ TIL Russian criminal and prisoners would get large chest and back tattoos of Stalin and Lenin, not out of respect, but to avoid having internal organs damaged during beatings by guards who would not denigrate the images.
b9KYQ TIL the German peasents war (1524-1525) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe. It failed because of intense opposition from the aristocracy, who slaughtered up to 100,000 of the 300,000 poorly armed peasants and farmers
P1bvw TIL: Under pressure to meet the deadline for an air mail contract, in 1934 a British air manufacturer designed a passenger airliner in only 4 months. The resulting plane had so many design flaws it immediately led to three fatal crashes
lo5AV TIL reindeer meat is actually some of the healthiest meat out there. It contains way less fat than beef, and Norwegians are known to eat smoked reindeer, grilled reindeer, reindeer pizza and reindeer tartare