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TIL In 1973 three austronauts aboard the space station Skylab engaged in mutiny, cutting all contact with NASA so they could have time to relax and enjoy the view.

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7leO TIL that Hitler’s doctor, Theodor Morell, was accused of being an allied sympathiser after it was found out that he had prescribed Hitler cocaine eyedrops, methamphetamines, and E.Coli.
nOWr TIL that the town of Marble Bar, Australia. Holds the world record of most consecutive days of 100 °F (37.8 °C) or above.
kJVDE TIL that Palazzo Senatorio, the city hall of Rome (Italy), has been the the seat of the Municipality of Rome since 1144, making it the oldest town hall in the world
WewY TIL Khrushchev lunched in IBM’s cafeteria in 1959 and admired the concept of self-serve dining - which was so unknown in the Soviet Union - that he went home and instructed Soviet factories to build cafeterias which mimicked what he’d seen in San Jose
mxwKv TIL 'sounding' is a fetish where people insert thin rod-like objects up their urethra NSFW