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TIL Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart went on a spacewalk and was told to stay there and don't move when a movie camera jammed. In those five minutes, he saw the Earth and experienced a moment filled with existential questions

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ADw6B TIL that in 2013, a truck hauling Cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope of cobalt often used in cancer treatment, was hijacked by thieves who were unaware of the truck's contents. The truck was found abandoned 2 days later in a cornfield near Mexico City, with the cobalt outside of its protective casing.
l86V TIL The human body is made up of about 100 trillion cells, and by a remarkable numerical coincidence that is the same number of atoms in a human cell.
VVyp TIL George Washington stopped the Revolutionary War to return a lost dog to the enemy. The terrier of a British general was found wandering the battlefield. The US waved a truce flag, and both sides stopped shooting until the dog was successfully returned to the British commander.
DQ7OD TIL An Irish American group invaded Canada in 1866 to try and force the UK to give Ireland independence.
DQ5jg TIL penguins oil was an alternative oil product when seal oil resources were depleted on Antarctic islands