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TIL that in 1977 a Soviet reconnaissance satellite with an onboard nuclear reactor upon reel entry scattered radioactive debris over northern Canada. The Cdn gov’t billed the USSR for $6M and they eventually paid them only $3M.

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DQ7Dp TIL there is an organization called the Provisional World Parliament that operates under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, intended to serve as a way to transition to world government.
WkM4X TIL racecar driver Joie Chitwood acted as a car safety consultant, intentionally crashing more than 3,000 vehicles for subsequent investigation. Highways are safer today because of these tests.
MeJVm TIL that the Norway national football team is the only team in the world who has played Brazil and never lost, winning two matches and drawing on two other occasions.
ARBg TIL during WWII, over 400,000 German POWs were sent to the United States. In the POW camps, they often held theatrical and musical performances, were allowed to leave the camps without guards on the honor system, and were able to work on farms, mills, and other places for fair wages.
rkWe TIL when Alexander the Great was a child, his tutor rebuked him for wasting so much incense during a sacrifice to the gods. Years later, Alexander conquered Gaza and sent back 18 tons of the spices to his old tutor with a note telling him not to be stingy with the gods.