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TIL Yuri Gagarin did not land in his Space craft, Vostok. He ejected at 20,000 feet, parachuting safely to Earth, landing near the Volga River.

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0wALj TIL Napoleon III's Y-chromosome (which is inherited father to son) does not match other member's of the Bonaparte family implying his legal father was not his father and he was not a Bonaparte. There had been rumors during his lifetime that he was illegitimate due his mother's affairs.
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