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TIL that the “Galileo” space probe was intentionally crashed into Jupiter at the end of its operational life to avoid contaminating Jupiter’s moons with bacteria.

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nekjW TIL that a CIA analyst was able to figure out the locations and power consumption of the Soviet nuclear enrichment plants based on a censored cover of a magazine
d8mmK TIL: Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite"
4aaX TIL a tomato plant was found on the 40 year old volcanic island, Surtsey. Scientists were boggled as to how it got there. Turns out, it was from a scientist taking a dump, subsequently growing the plant.
8O7V TIL the great wall of china has caused the populations of plants on each side to diverge genetically.
Jr58 TIL - Moray eels (along with many other species) have a second fully-functioning set of extendable jaws at the base of their throat. They alternate biting and pulling with these so that the meal is never released as they attempt to swallow live prey.