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TIL that after its initial 90-day mission, the Opportunity Mars rover has been active on Mars for 13 years today.

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78EyX TIL of Kamarajar - former chief minister of an Indian state who implemented a free lunch program for kids at school almost 70 years ago (1956). The program is still running.
l8dN TIL that scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
epyyJ TIL bees love balls. They even stop to play with balls even when there is no reward.
5VAoP TIL that the USAF accidentally detonated a dirty bomb by San Francisco, through sheer incompetence.
X0758 TIL: That flat earther Mike Hughes died after crash-landing a rocket he made to prove the earth is actually flat