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TIL the first monkey sent into space was named HAM

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awvpL TIL NASA never spent $1 Million to develop the space pen. The Fisher Pen company spent $1 million of its own money to make a zero-G pen, which NASA brought for about $6 per pen. The Soviets also switched to pens as they were safer than pencils.
kwYg TIL The alleged last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War also had the longest recorded marriage at 91 years, 12 days: The only documented marriage to have broken the 90-year anniversary mark.
d8lGd TIL Kazakhstan has the highest amount of deaths from leukaemia in the world per capita
pYYwe TIL the 9 months of pregnancy does not begin at conception. It begins on the first day of a woman’s last menstrual period.
Mdo7 TIL that eating any portion of the human brain can cause Prion disease, which is incurable and comes with a high mortality rate.