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TIL Conservation efforts are saving the kākāpō on Codfish Island that are being threatened by the fungal infection Aspergillosis.

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Pl1E TIL Saturn’s moon Enceladus has gysers that shoot large jets of water vapor into space and according to NASA “is emerging as the most habitable spot beyond Earth in the Solar System for life as we know it.”
8RvZ TIL that over 50% of all NASA employees are dyslexic. They’re selected for their heightened spacial awareness and problem solving skills.
yVO8X TIL that no team has won the World Cup with a foreign coach. Only 2 foreign coaches have reached the final match: George Raynor of England, with Sweden in 1958, and Ernst Happel of Austria, with the Netherlands in 1978.
er8b TIL President Grover Cleveland avoided the draft by paying a Polish immigrant to fight in his place during the Civil War.
xV9kB TIL of Aeroflot Flight 6502, where the pilot made a bet with the co-pilot that he could land the plane "blind". The plane crashed, resulting in 70 fatalities. The pilot survived, and served only a 6-year prison sentence.