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TIL A piece of Martian meteorite is being returned to the red planet by NASA - this is the first time humans will bring a rock back to the surface of its original celestial body

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ANwr7 TIL that nothing happened in the world from 4th - 15th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the calendar 10 days to compensate for the drift from the equinoxes, as the Julian Calendar was inaccurate by 0.0025 days.
OaJ7 TIL that when Nickelodeon stole the Ren and Stimpy show from John Kricfalusi, they allowed him to retain the George Liquor character, as long as he didn’t become “a child molester or mass murderer,” to which John K. asked how many murders he would need to commit to make him a mass murderer.
gMrXy World record after world record after world record
4X7R TIL A kid lied to his friends about being Jay Leno’s nephew. He wrote Leno who then dropped him off at school at the kid’s request. [Story at 10:31]
VMOOG TIL we are around 1cm taller in the morning than by the end of the day, due to compressien cartilage in our spine and in other parts of our bodies