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TIL in 1954, Jim Lovell lost his navigation systems while flying at night over the Sea of Japan. He was able to locate his carrier using the bioluminescence of dinoflagellates in its wake and successfully land. He would later go on to land the damaged Apollo 13 capsule.

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