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TIL there was a mission to launch an ISRO astronaut, in one of the NASA Space shuttles in 1986, which got cancelled following the challenges disaster.

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epW5E TIL Eye proptosis (eyeball popping out of socket) is not unusual in brachycephalic dog breeds—those with bulging eyes, short snouts and shallow eye sockets—like Shih Tzus, Pekingese, Pugs, Lhasa Apsos and Boston Terriers.
b6PD0 TIL If you add the extra 4 digits to your zip code, your mail will be sorted and sent faster
JYLl1 TIL about the world's roundest object intended for re-defining exactly one kilogram by counting the number of silicon-28 atoms that forms it and redefining the Avogadro's number
16VGX TIL about Yang Jingyu: a Chinese resistance leader who fought the Japanese during WWil. Yang was encircled & killed after 5 days of fighting alone in the wild. An autopsy found only bark and grass roots in his stomach. His desecrated body was later given a proper burial due to fear of his ghost.
gn6y TIL that there is a chemical signal in female tears that reduces testosterone and sexual urges in men.