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TIL that 50% of the fuel needed to get to Mars is required just to get out of low Earth orbit.

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157r TIL- in Minnesota it is against the law to sell an American flag that is not made in the U.S.
b9kDE TIL A volcano eruption in Martinique in 1902 eradicated a city of 30.000. Of the 3 survivors, one was a man who ended up in jail after a brawl the night before. His underground solitary cell was the safest building in the city
wkb8 TIL Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock who used his real Social Security number in LifeLock advertisements, was a victim of identity theft 13 times in 2007 and 2008 alone.
rRQYw TIL that dogs hide their food to have for later. I’ve been giving my dog pigs ears as treats and found them all hidden in the yard underneath gras/dirt. Apparently it’s an instinct that can kick in from time to time.
8adlZ TIL about Nikolai Vavilov, a Soviet botanist whose aim was to end hunger worldwide. He collected seeds of wild crops and deposited them in a seedbank in which to produce new strains of crops. Stalin denounced him and used him as a scapegoat for a famine. He died in prison from starvation.