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TIL that NASA will land Perseverance Rover on MARS using Sky Crane Technology, the same technology used in landing Curiosity Rover.

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Me1Xm TIL The product that became Nutella was created by Pietro Ferrero. He decided to try and create a cheaper alternative to chocolate, which, due to the Second World War, was in short supply. It was made by combining hazelnuts, which were easily available locally, and a little cocoa.
Me6BV TIL that the species of turtle that Steve Irwin discovered (elseya irwini) breathes from it’s cloaca!!... and, also, is facing extinction due to the Urannah Dam Project.
VMon0 TIL The Silent Generation (people born 1925-1945) did not produce any United States Presidents
8vGL TIL that John Cleese declined the title of Commander of the British Empire because he thought it was “silly”
B7Rd TIL that theres a genre of music called “black midi” which consists of millions of notes, and is impossible to play without a high performance computer. The name comes from the fact that the sheet music of this is literally black from there being so many notes so close together.