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TIL in 1935, the U.S. military attempted to stop a volcanic eruption in Hawaii by bombing the volcano

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6El6X TIL there is a business that buys "lost luggages" from airlines and resells them to the public
LkD1Z TIL that the Apollo computers were 100% reliable, with 2,504 hours of flight time and only 73KB of memory.
QND0e Today I Learned Saint Nicholas became associated with secret gift-giving to children because it's said he secretly gave a poor family money during the night. The father could not afford a dowry so his three daughters were destined to never marry and become sex workers without St. Nick's help.
eAgk TIL that the WWII British code breakers had discovered the preparations for the German invasion of the USSR, but, although this information was passed to the Soviet government, Stalin refused to believe it.
rR4BW TIL the first living creature to orbit the earth was Laika, a stray Russian dog. Russian scientists figured a stray dog already learned to endure harsh conditions of cold temperature and hunger making it an ideal astronaut.