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TIL the Azores, the Portugese archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic, were likely briefly settled by the Vikings between 700 and 850 AD

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kJ88E TIL Babies are not aware their own bodies exist until ~15 months old!
GY1bj TIL There was a speech drafted in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon. “For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.”
16o4W TIL: When you pass on you can leave your pacemaker to various animal organizations and veterinarian offices so that they can be used in dogs that need pacemakers in order to extend their lives.
Ebow TIL that because rats won’t voluntarily consume alcohol, scientists mask the taste by pairing it with a sugary gelatin. Basically, Jello shots for rats.
ADWjd TIL that a modern art critic was asked to review some of Adolf Hitler's paintings without being told who painted them. He judged them to be "quite good" while also stating that the artist's depiction of human figures in the paintings revealed his profound disinterest in people.