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TIL The Indian Space agency will be sending up humanoid robots with no legs to help with tasks and help understand the effects of microgravity

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GAPv7 TIL about the Ainu, the original indigenous inhabitants of Japan
RaPa TIL that Jamie Johnson, the heir to the Johnson and Johnson fortune, made 2 documentaries showing how the 1% live and was sued for it by some of his friends who called him an “idiot” and a “traitor to your class.”
GYVl1 TIL that during the 1908 Olympics in London, the Russians showed up 12 days late due to the fact that they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.
Xvjj TIL in Ancient Egypt, little people were well-respected and some were considered to be gods. The Egyptians were tolerant of of many medical disorders, and they thought that caring for all people was a moral duty.
nbJd TIL that the 1940’s actress Gene Tierney had a child born deaf and developmentally disabled because Tierney contracted Rubella during her pregnancy from a fan who broke a Rubella quarantine and came in contact with her.