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TIL helicopter stunt pilot Cliff Flemming was contracted by NASA to capture the Genesis probe that was intended to land in the Utah desert. But the parachute failed to deploy and it crashed.

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wLdl7 TIL about Muezza, the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's cat. It is said that sometimes Muhammad gave sermons with the cat in his lap, and that Muhammad cut a piece off his clothes as to not disturb the cat from his rest on said clothes. As such, Muslims hold cats as cherished and lovable creatures.
6EGkQ TIL: The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority officially recognizes port 666 as the port for the First Person Shooter: Doom
8aokG TIL Japan has a process to clean and check eggs for safety that allows them to be eaten raw, without getting salmonella
VMpxQ TIL in 2007, Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by four Al Qaeda gunmen and hit by grenade shrapnel, but he killed all four of the gunmen and walked out to the extraction helicopter. He recovered and is living with his wife and daughters.
N76o6 TIL a dog named Sundance (Sunny) was trained to go get a grocery list from his neighbor who is self-quarantining due to medical conditions that put her at high-risk such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and then he brings the groceries over to her front door every night.