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TIL that Oprah was pregnant at 14 years old

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E4mW TIL NASA’s Curiosity rover is powered by a nuclear generator that outputs 110 watts, barely enough to power a ceiling fan.
5Vowr TIL St Adrian is the patron saint of arms dealers (he also covers butchers, guards, soldiers and peacekeeping missions)
8aY9b TIL women in ancient Rome didn’t have unique first names, but instead were just named after their family name. (For example, all women from Gaius Julius Caesar’s family were named Julia. Sisters were told apart by using nicknames, such as ‘Julia the Younger’, ‘Julia the Elder’, etc.)
wGNY TIL that in 1984 the Key West Police Department was declared a criminal enterprise.
xQPb TIL in 2015, Google dropped their old motto “Don’t Be Evil”