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TIL Mexico didn't recognize millions of descendents of African peoples they enslaved...until 2019. And the UN basically had to shame them into doing it.

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NXngb TIL NASA's Gemini 6a astronauts & craft were saved by a fluke. At ignition an electrical plug came off shutting down the engines. Later a dust cover was found left on a gas generator in error. Had the plug not fallen off the furl flow would have been choked, triggering a perilous pad ejection.
p8eLZ TIL that Charles Martinet, voice of Mario, Waluigi, and other characters, has his own Waluigi headcanon. He believes Waluigi is full of self-pity, and that he and Wario are just "two nice, evil guys who found each other."
VMywm TIL that a chihuahua named Milly had a world record for the smallest living dog in terms of height on February 21, 2013 who measured 9.65 cm or 3.8 inches
QwmL TIL Andre the Giant set the world record for number of beers consumed in a single sitting by drinking 119 12oz beers in six hours. 1976.
6W0W TIL in 1918 after the Treaty of Versailles (end of WW I) the French Commander-in-chief said “This is not a Peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years”. 20 years and 65 days later, WW II happened