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TIL Alexei Leonov, the first man to perform a spacewalk, almost wasn't able to get back in the capsule as his suit had expanded in the vacuum of space. Many problems plagued the mission including a poor landing 240mi off course forcing the 2 man crew to survive for 2 days in the freezing wilderness.

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9YVYQ TIL in 2007, the Autralian Goverment spent $84 Million developing and launching an internet porn filter - only for it to be cracked by a 16 year-old student in less than 30 minutes. A second filter was released as a reaction, which was bypassed by the same teenager in 40 minutes.
j69ZN TIL of Stendhal Syndrome - a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, fainting, confusion, and even hallucinations, allegedly occurring when individuals become exposed to objects, artworks, or phenomena of great beauty.
9wpDm TIL that our eyes twist when we tilt our heads
8aAxV TIL Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during Califiornia wildfire, Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response.
loEK7 TIL the spiked tail of a stegosaurus is called a ‘Thagomizer’ after a joke in a 1982 Far Side comic.