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TIL that chicken little is an anti nazi film to teach about the evils of mass hysteria.

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yQndl TIL when caterpillars turn into a chrysalis, their butts drop off
xVjk5 TIL NASA seriously considered an all-mechanical rover to explore Venus. Powered by wind and controlled using clockwork and mechanical computers, it would communicate with Earth using reflectors or phonograph records launched on balloons
b6YO9 TIL 1 out of every 8 Americans is Californian.
JaJm TIL the RMS Empress of Ireland had a cat named Emmy who never missed a voyage until May 28, 1914 when Emmy refused to go aboard. The ship left without her and sunk the next day.
D1dev TIL when John Glenn became the first man to orbit the Earth in 1962, he carried a note that read "I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you in eternity" translated into several languages, in case he splashed down in the remote South Pacific