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TIL There was a rugby player famous for slipping his thumb into peoples bumholes

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165gr TIL ancient geographers knew that Earth was a sphere but there was intense debate on the question if the opposite side of the planet is also inhabited by humans (called Antipodeans). Most thought that Antipodeans do not exist because intense heat at the equator forms an impassable barrier.
WkKj4 TIL the first pilot to spot incoming Japanese fighters at Pearl Harbor was a woman. Her name was Cornelia Fort and she was a civilian flight instructor. 2 years later she was killed in a mid-air collision and became the first female pilot to be killed on active military duty.
PY8lV TIL The Nazis, during WW2, planned and worked on building a “sun gun” that was a big mirror orbiting the Earth that could concentrate the suns energy into a single beam and rain down fire on the Earth from above, burning anyone and everything in its sights
Wkl1L TIL: Popular DJ Steve Aoki is the heir to the Benihana restaurant franchise
DQL1v TIL that in 1963, a cat named Félicette became the first (and only) cat to be sent into space. Unlike other animals, she safely returned to Earth after helping gather crucial data for scientists.