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TIL Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-61-A in 1985 carried 8 people into space from launch to landing, making it the record for the largest crew flown on a single mission

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n8lo TIL: The discovery of insulin, and the mechanism underlying diabetes, was prompted by the observation that ants were attracted to the urine of dogs that were missing their (surgically removed) pancreas.
mxBNR TIL buffets are called "vikings" in Japan. This is because a Japanese restaurant manager went to Sweden and liked smörgåsbords so much he copied the idea at his restaurant. This Swedish word was too hard to pronounce in Japanese, so the word "vikings" was used instead after a employee suggested it.
AD6Zw TIL cows can drink up to 14 liters a minute, and 155 liters a day.
kOgAe TIL that the village of Ivujivik, Quebec, 2,000 km (1200 miles) north of Montreal, is the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province.
opXr TIL NASA has it’s own radio station called ‘Third Rock Radio’ which plays Rock/Indie/Alternative music with NASA news items and mission updates embedded throughout