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TIL Sputnik the fist satellite was only the size of a basketball.

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xVBwD Today I learned scientists have been able to track the history of the AIDS virus. Through research they believe 'patient zero' lived Cameroon in Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)
WkK19 TIL the Suez Canal has a predecessor, the Canal of the Pharaohs, linking the Nile to the Red Sea in ancient times. The completion date is uncertain and it was closed in 767 AD.
JYlek TIL the youngest person to climb to the summit of the 14,180-foot Mount Shasta in California was the seven-year-old Eva Luna Harper-Zahn.
jWZn TIL that the muscular fish found frequently in Spongebob is actually supposed to be a goldfish…and is named Frank.
0rm1 TIL the 321 area code in Florida stands for 3, 2, 1 Liftoff!