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TIL that humans have gone to space every year since 1961

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M5bb TIL that during the My Lai Massacre, an American helicopter pilot intervened and carried wounded children to safety after arguing with American forces. The US government condemned and ostracized the pilot, who ended up suffering from PTSD.
WkmLX TIL that there is a ancient monument in Ireland called Newgrange and every winter solstice its chamber is illuminated for 17 minutes by a beam of light which reveals the mysterious carvings within.
KOR59 TIL The world is made by the left-brained (right handed), prefers denotative language, what is known, fixed, static, isolated, decontextualised, explicit. A right hemisphere (left handed) modus operandi would yield a changing, evolving, linked, implicit world, the living not the mechanical.
ZnNv TIL a Seattle man won a $500K lawsuit against his neighbor, whose dog he accused of “raucously, wildly bellowing, howling and explosively barking.” The defendant thought it was a joke and didn’t show up.
pYeLQ TIL that Tame Impala is only a band when it plays live. All of their studio material is written, recorded, produced and performed by a single man, Kevin Parker. When performing live, however, there are up to 6 members in varying positions.