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TIL of BioSteel, high-strength fiber-based material produced by goats, genetically modified to produce spider silk.

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APLd TIL the first country to send a man-made object into space was Nazi Germany in 3 October 1942
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v1Ak4 TIL that the last Aztec emperor has surviving descendants, and today they are Spanish dukes.
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WkEE8 TIL of the Bethke brothers. Each escaped from Soviet East Berlin. Ingo floated on a mattress across a river. Holger used a bow to fire a cable across the gap, then zip-lined to safety. Then Ingo and Holger built an aircraft and flew back over the wall to rescue their third brother, Egbert.