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TIL that Galileo likely observed Neptune 233 years before its discovery: In two of his drawings of his observations, he plotted an object in the location where Neptune would have been on those dates. However, he likely mistook it for a star because of its slow rate of motion.

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TIL that Galileo likely observed Neptune 233 years before its discovery: In two of his drawings of his observations, he plotted an object in the location where Neptune would have been on those dates. However, he likely mistook it for a star because of its slow rate of motion.

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TIL Deinotherium was a large elephant-like animal with tusks which grew down and curved back from the lower jaw. With shoulder heights of 4 metres (13 ft) and body masses of over 10 tonnes, it is among the largest land mammals to ever have lived

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TIL the same way how Scandinavan surnames are originally patronymic (i.e Johansson – Johan’s son; Mikkelsen – Mikkel’s son), “-ez” ending Spanish names are originally patronymic as well. Fernández – Fernando’s son; Gómez – Gome’s son; Pérez – Pedro’s son, etc.

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TIL that during the production of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, scripts were chemically marked so the studio could trace leaks. They even replaced “Spock” with the codename “Nacluv” which is “Vulcan” spelled backwards, to hide his role.

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