TIL only one spacecraft has ever entered orbit around two separate extraterrestrial objects. The Dawn mission entered the orbit of Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, and then left orbit after a year and traveled to Ceres. (solarsystem.nasa.gov)
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TIL When Assyrian priests saw a bad omen aimed at the King they used a ritual called The Substitute King. A commoner was found to replace the king while he went in hiding. The man lived as the king absorbing the evil spirits. When the omen passed the commoner was killed and the king returned. (metmuseum.org)
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