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TIL Russian cosmonauts used to carry pistols into space in case of a bear attack at their landing site

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epjZJ TIL of The Centipede's Dilemma, originally a poem, it refers to the effect of overthinking or paying too much attention to what we usually do instinctively and how it can lead to failing at it.
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GYD01 TIL that there is a hotel made of salt in Bolivia with a strict rule of not licking the walls.