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TIL that a test launch of the 1st generation Soyuz had the escape module fire off 27 minutes after the main rocket launch was aborted, due to Earth's rotation. Then the still-fully fueled rocket caught on fire.

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laBK TIL the han dynasty of China drilled for natural gas, tranposted it through pipelines and used it in stoves
l7lPr TIL the funk band War started out as a backing band for Football Hall of Famer Deacon Jones.
kvk4 TIL That “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the hardest tongue twister in the world.
d8KQZ TIL In 1969, Jimi Hendrix sent a telegram to Paul McCartney asking him to join a supergroup along with Tony Williams and Miles Davis. McCartney never received the message.
Wma4 TIL opossums have the most nipples of any animal.