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TIL: The International Space Station has a separate Russian side rather than being entirely free-use.

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DdmP TIL that the song “Brown Eyed Girl” was originally called “Brown Skinned Girl” and about an interracial relationship.
xVMb7 TIL Tchaikovsky was in love with his nephew, or at the very least deeply infatuated with him
dDEOE TIL in 1969 Universal Airlines looked into using a C-5 Galaxy to ferry passengers and their cars between Los Angeles and New York. The airline's CEO, Lamar Muse, resigned that year then started Southwest Airlines with Herb Kelleher and Rollin King.
6EB5w TIL: There was a year where the New England states did not have a summer: 1816. Frost and cold snaps throughout the summer months killed crops and made life miserable.
nWLnB TIL at least 70% of Paraguay's male population was killed during the Paraguayan War