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TIL that duct tape has been brought on every NASA mission since the sixties and saved the lives of everyone aboard the Apollo 13

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pGJe TIL that an Olympic rower named Henry Pearce stopped mid-race to allow ducklings to pass by him and he still won the race.
1BoP TIL a young Japanese boy named Yuuki saved many lives in his village warning people of an incoming tsunami. When they didn’t listen to him, he set fire to stacks of rice in order to panic them and get them up the mountain.
e0m86 TIL The Church of Scientology carried out or planned several covert coordinated attacks against an investigative reporter, which included framing her for a bombing, having her committed to a mental institution, and shooting her.
Ev6w TIL that usury, the practice of giving loans that unfairly enrich the lender (e.g., interest), is condemned in most religious texts, including those of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and others.
WkpeA TIL of the Refrigerator Mother Theory - in the 1950's, it was thought autism was caused by a lack of maternal warmth