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TIL in 1949 the British Interplanetary Society designed a spacesuit intended for lunar exploration

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vJnD TIL that Sudbury, Ontario is located within the second largest known crater on Earth, formed by an impact larger than the asteroid that made the dinosaurs go extinct
R7D1j TIL that wheelchair athletes with spinal injuries would intentionally injure the lower part of their body to increase their blood pressure which would enhance their performance. This practice is called ‘Boosting’ and has been banned by the International Paralympic Committee since 1994.
4kVWw TIL about the Japanese Farmer-Labour Party - a socialist party in 1920s Japan that was dissolved by authorities only 2 hours after it was created.
X01V6 TIL that the Lantang village in Nepal, was entirely destroyed a massive avalanche resulting from an earthquake on 25 April 2015. As of 1 May 2015 most of the village's inhabitants are "presumed to have perished".
kyRE TIL in 1958, the Chinese captured a US Sidewinder missile just four days after it was introduced into combat when it got stuck in a Chinese jet during a dogfight with Taiwan aircraft. It was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll (K-13) missile and used against US planes in Vietnam.