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TIL the Curiosity rover is powered by a chunk of onboard plutonium.

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P1kLE TIL: The biggest company to ever exist was East India Company, at its peak it account for half of the world's trade.
D1d7r TIL In 1975 Al Pacino was offered the role of Han Solo in the film Star Wars, but he refused the role because "The script was too confusing"
OoyNY TIL that South Korea formed a covert military unit in 1968 with the intention of assassinating North Korea's leader. Unemployed youths or petty criminals were recruited and trained on an uninhabited island for 3 years. The existence of the unit was covered up until the 1990s.
QNr8E TIL about Benjamin Hornigold, a pirate whose crew once attacked a ship solely to steal all their hats because the pirates had gotten drunk and thrown theirs overboard.
6EbXw TIL about a unique example of unconscious bias during a workplace information session. When the iOS YouTube app gained the functionality to upload videos, 5-10% appeared upside down as they were filmed by left-handed people. The entire team was right handed and had not encountered the issue.