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TIL that NASA considered using motorcycles on the moon as a simpler alternative to the Lunar Rover.

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Eld TIL in the 60’s Nazi themed pornographic comics were hugely popular in Israel. Often read by the children of Holocoust survivors, the books told perverse tales of captured American or British pilots being abused by sadistic female SS officers outfitted with whips and boots
Z8kNG Til that killer whales are such apex predators they hunt and kill terrestrial mammals such as moose and deer, When swimming between islands in North America
gMdaA TIL that Volvo opened up the patent for three-point seatbelt cause "it had more value as a free life saving tool than something to profit from"
7rNmr TIL in November 1942, the Holy Cross Crusaders beat the Boston College Eagles. The Eagles had scheduled a presumptive victory party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, but cancelled it after the loss. Therefore, they were absent when the club caught fire, killing 492 people.
5VOGP TIL Mars has two speeds of sound. Lower-pitched sounds travel more slowly on Mars than higher-pitched ones.