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TIL Jupiter has 95 recognized moons. The largest, Ganymede, is larger than Mercury.

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Z8XwB TIL of the Kudirka Incident: a Soviet sailor swam from his ship and attempted to defect with the American Coast Guard. Not knowing the protocol for granting asylum, the Coast Guard eventually allowed the Soviets onto their vessel, where they arrested him and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
BW5e TIL the Germans used Kriegspiel, a chess variant where players cannot see their opponent’s pieces, to train its military officers in the 19th century.
W7epo TIL Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal wrote a song for every day of the year (including February 29th), so that everyone would have a song for their birthday.
659J TIL that Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte secured the release of over 30,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps only to be assassinated by Israeli terrorists
Wka7o TIL the caribou/reindeer is now essentially extinct in the lower 48 US states