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TIL blue M&M food dye reduces paralysis from spinal injuries - but turns you blue

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e0MXk TIL that in 1991 a cosmonaut was stuck in orbit on the MIR Space Station while the USSR collapsed below on earth
p8Obb TIL that a U-2 spy plane lands via a "controlled crash" every time because its massive wingspan makes it difficult to maneuver and there are no wheels on the sides (only front and back). When the plane finally tips to one side, the titanium skid pads under the wings help bring it to a stop.
x4Bb TIL that Google’s first interactive doodle, Pac-man, was so popular that it cost the global economy an estimated 122 million dollars in lost productivity
neov9 TIL that when temperatures drop in their habitat, since the bacteria that lets them digest their food is temperature dependent, sloths may starve to death on a full stomach, because they cannot process the food ingested.
WPQB TIL eating asparagus can help prevent hangovers by protecting the liver against the toxic effects of alcohol