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QgGa TIL In 1957, an explosion occurred at a plutonium plant in the USSR, resulting in the third worst nuclear accident in history. The government kept it secret for 19 years.
Wk19B TIL Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins never felt lonely being in the spacecraft when waiting for Neil and Buzz on the moon. "The Columbia was a happy home. I had hot coffee. If I wanted, I had music. I trusted the machine."
grDB7 TIL that slave hymnals had coded messages meant to help slaves escape to freedom. Songs like Follow the Drinking Gourd and Steal Away to Jesus were full of signal phrases that meant things like ‘Follow this star north’ or ‘An Underground Railroad agent is here to help, escape happening tonight.’
69NGX TIL that in 2000 Nintendo, after receiving numerous complaints about children getting hand injuries by playing Mario Party, settled the case and agreed to provide up to four protective gloves to each household of consumers who own the game (up to $80mil), and also cover the cost of investigation
EgYnX Today I Learned that Pigeon-Based 'Feathernet' is the Fastest Way to Transfer Massive Amounts of Data