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

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80ZX TIL In a speech about peace talks with Japan after WWII, the Sri Lankan Finance Minister refused reparations even though their economy was damaged by the Japanese because he believed ‘hatred ceases not by hatred but by love’. The speech was met with resounding applause
GYpxG TIL that Hiram Revels, the first-ever black US senator, occupied the Senate seat whose previous occupant was Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America.
4XRX6 TIL Actor Anthony Hopkins is autistic; he was not diagnosed until the age of 70.
OoyGL TIL many sushi restaurants that serve "white tuna" are actually serving a different fish called escolar. Escolar consumption can lead to uncontrollable diarrhea due to the fish's toxicity, and is therefore banned in several Asian countries.
Eal7 TIL of HitchBOT, a robot designed to rely on humans to get from place to place. It successfully hitched rides across Canada and Germany before attempting to thumb its way from Boston to San Francisco. The experiment ended in Philadelphia when vandals left HitchBOT decapitated on a street corner.