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TIL that there was actually one astronaut, named Abdul Ahad Momand, who came from Afghanistan, and who spent time at the Mir Space Station in 1988. [However, later on he emigrated to Stuttgart, Germany, and became an accountant.]

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9YNQ6 TIL Natalie Wood mysteriously died during a boat trip with her husband Robert Wagner, Christopher Walken, and the boat’s captain. Her body was found a mile from the boat with bruises and abrasions. The death was ruled an accidental drowning and the coroner’s office was told not to discuss the case.
p8k5N TIL Ethiopia adopted Christianity in 330 AD, just 17 years after the Roman empire. Despite the rise of Islam, fall of the Byzantine Orthodox Church, and being cut off from all other Christians for centuries Ethiopia remained Christian. They remain the only majority Orthodox Christian African nation.
4k8b TIL that it’s actually not illegal for a former employer to give a bad reference, they just generally don’t do it to avoid being sued for defamation.
n5Dr TIL On average, every person older than 15 in colonial America drank the equivalent of 7 shots of alcohol PER DAY
nWWVW Today I learned the Bonneville Salt Flats is up to 5 feet thick in some parts and is 90% common table salt, so theoretically if you need some salt…