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TIL India developed Vyomitra, a female humanoid robot, to accompany its first astronauts in the historic Gaganyaan spaceflight program

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8awV8 TIL Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was the first person to say "fuck" on American TV
vPa1R TIL of the Niland brothers, four brothers from New York who fought in World War II. Two died in combat, one survived, and one was believed to be dead but actually survived the war and was held in a Japanese POW Camp in Burma. Their story served as the inspiration for Saving Private Ryan.
YpMxx TIL Monterey Jack was a real person, and owned the dairy that first mass-produced the cheese.
DQ9ED TIL on the May 9, 1969, episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Rogers asked Officer Clemmons, a black policeman played by François Clemmons, if he'd like to cool his feet with Rogers in a child's pool. Clemmons accepted after Rogers offered to share his towel too. Most pools were still segregated.
9wOQ7 TIL that Mihoyo, developers of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, owns an experimental TOKAMAK nuclear fusion reactor.