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TIL a quasi moon of Venus was named after a misprint on a child's astronomy poster

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M7m6m TIL during WW1, the German Navy built a ship and painted it to look like a British ship called the RMS Carmania in order to infiltrate and destroy British convoys. On the ships first outing, the first enemy it encountered was the real RMS Carmania, which promptly sunk it.
QNrQd TIL Mardi Gras is a Christian liturgical day called "Shrove Tuesday," and in some parts is more commonly known as "Pancake Tuesday."
p8mEZ TIL In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby. After five months of the transplant, the uterus showed no sign of rejection, ultrasound scans were normal, and the woman was menstruating regularly. The fertilised eggs were implanted.
8amj4 TIL that the moon's mass is about 1/81 of earth's mass and the pair behaves more like a double planet system
awYkN TIL of Toregene Khatun, the Great Khatun and regent of the Mongol Empire from 1241 to 1246. Never before, or since, has such a large empire been ruled by woman. During that time there were women on almost every highest positions in the empire. Surprisingly, none of them had been born Mongol.