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TIL “Cynical” and “Canine” come from the same Greek word “kynikos” meaning “dog-like”

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9xpX TIL that a man named Roger Boisjoly and his colleagues attempted to stop Challenger from lifting off into space knowing that a disaster would happen, but ultimately failed.
b40Q TIL that “the world’s oldest toilet” is a 240 million year old site where certain dinosaurs communally shat.
69mQX TIL that despite the common myth that the F-14 had the world's first airborne digital microprocessor, it may have been General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark., starting with the FB-111, then later the F-111D. Therefore beating the F-14 by several years.
MeAbm TIL SMAP The Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite measures soil moisture levels on earth and can predict droughts, monitor floods and predict crop yields for a given year. It can measure all the soil on earth every 2-3 days.
W7Jmd TIL Caxias do Sul, Brazil is home to a makeshift slum built specifically for stray dogs and cats housed by a animal rights group. With a population of 1000s, it mimics the conditions the country's most impoverished live in, even monetary restraints have caused problems with properly feeding them.