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TIL Russian Salyut Spacecraft carried working machine guns

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5YJD9 TIL that in the Terminator 2 movie Linda Hamilton's double was played by her twin sister Leslie.
7rZxO TIL 75 percent of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and five animal species
DpXJ TIL that Richard Nixon was a fan of rap music. In a 1990 interview with the New York Times, he said, “I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.”
kOM9e TIL that despite underground room-and-pillar mining taking place as early as the 13th Century, the use of canaries for early warning of toxic gases began only in 1900, with mice first being used for the role in 1896.
a5Jo TIL that in 2007 Paul Boyd, an animator for cartoon series Ed Edd ‘n’ Eddy, was shot dead in public by police after suffering a breakdown from his bipolar disorder