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TIL the data connection between the ISS and other modules is just plain old ethernet via the International Docking System Standard connector (page 73)

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E1XDp TIL that the treasure hunting company, Odyssey, discovered the ship wreck of the HMS Sussex (1694) which had up to $500 million worth of gold on board in 2001. Despite a deal with the British government retrieve the loot, Spain refuses to let a team survey the site to this this day.
OGg74 TIL that the 1994 slow speed police chase of OJ Simpson in a white Ford Bronco was the 6th most watched television broadcast in US history at the time, and since then only Super Bowls have had more viewers.
J17Zl TIL James Bradley calculated the speed of light with a 0.4% error margin in 1729
e00m5 TIL that the world's most venomous creature, the Box Jellyfish, actively hunts prey, grow up to 10 feet in length, swim at 5 mph and will kill a grown man in less than 5 minutes.
epg46 TIL that the platypus is not the only egg-laying mammal. Echnidas share that unique trait.