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TIL JFK’s daughter was secretly gifted the puppy of the first Russian dog in space as part of a series of secret daily correspondence between JFK and Khrushchev. The dog then proceeded to bite every Kennedy family member.

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OoJeR TIL astronauts need to have good teeth because the acceleration forces and vibrations during a flight into space can be very strong.
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WkmEB TIL: Microsoft implemented an underwater datacenter, 117 deep into the seafloor. The datacenter was proven to be more reliable than the ones on land as it was isolated from humidity, temperature fluctuations and human accidents.
kOyl1 TIL Napoleon Bonaparte wanted a way to communicate silently in the dark, and that's how braille was invented.
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