› added 2 years ago

45

TIL This is Rakesh Sharma. Alive and well, He was the first Indian to go to space in 1984, making India the 14th nation in the world to send a man to Outer Space.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

rRLZM TIL that Apollo 11 Astronauts filled Custom Forms after coming back from the Moon
6AjX TIL that the U.S. Secret Service cracked down on fake money being used as movie props after an incident in which $1 billion in prop money was blown up during the filming of “Rush Hour 2” in Las Vegas. Some of the bills fluttered into the hands of people who later spent them.
6EXOl The ozone hole is slowly healing.
VG54 TIL A man was shot. He died 33 years later. His death was ruled a murder as a result of the shooting.
jNk0N TIL that the words can be drawn in such a way that they remain the same when viewed from different directions/perspectives. Ex: SWIMS (viewed from upside down it remains the same). These are called as ambigrams.