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TIL that evidence suggests Neanderthals used boats before modern humans

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x66X0 TIL that for a brief period in the 1920s, Mongolia was ruled by a German dictator who intended to create a pan-eurasian monarchy spanning from China to Europe
v0d4 TIL Larry King crashed into John F. Kennedy’s car in 1958. John F. Kennedy said he’d forget the whole thing if King promised to vote for him when he ran for president.
b9mJ0 TIL about Million Dollar Point in Vanuatu. A graveyard for WW2 Era tanks, jeeps, bulldozers and other supplies that the Americans intentionally sunk out of spite after Britain and France would not pay for them because they assumed the US would leave the equipment there and they could get it for free
dbyd TIL the Voyager 1 spacecraft, currently more than 20 billion km from earth, is powered by a radioisotope with a half-life of 87.7 years. It has been slowly shutting down systems since 2007 to conserve energy, and by 2025 will go completely dark as it loses the ability to power a single instrument.
ADxa7 TIL twitter was almost called Twitch.