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TIL that a comet's tail points away from the sun, and don't indicate the direction it's moving

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bpoN TIL Andy Warhol had a sketch sent to the moon on Apollo 12. It was a penis.
bY50 TIL: Cesar Millan’s wife (The Dog Whisperer) filed for divorce in March 2010. She ended up receiving a single payment of $400,000, monthly spousal payment of $23,000 (that’s $276,000 a year), AND $120,000 a year in monthly child support. Cesar Millan then attempted suicide.
x65jo TIL that the Soviet space probe Phobos-2, , designed to explore Mars' moons, failed because 2 of its 3 computers died, and since it used a system where the computers voted on any decision, the 1 healthy computer was unable to outvote 2 dead computers
5YJgn TIL a mere 12,000 years ago, a species closely related to the modern humans had been living on an Indonesian island. They used fire and stone tools of the sophisticated upper paleolithic tradition, yet were only about 3.5 feet tall and weighed around 25kg (55lb).
6D5w TIL people have been found dead casually sitting next to open electrical equipment - they got a fatal shock to the heart but sat down because they only felt a little lightheaded