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TIL that as the Soviet Union collapsed, a cosmonaut named Sergei Krikalev was left stranded on board a Soviet space station. Because of this, he spent 311 consecutive days in space, twice as long as was originally planned.

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8pm8 TIL: Waldo Of “Where’s Waldo” is actually named wally and is only called Waldo in the US and Canada
lZDA TIL a 16 year old boy died after masturbating 42 times in one night
J16Q8 TIL the space shuttle would orbit tail-first due to space debris, this allowed it to take a greater proportion of the debris load on the engines and rear cargo bay, which were not needed in orbit or during descent.
DQXYV TIL of Bird Island, a man-made platform off the coast of Namibia that serves as an avian breeding ground for the globally-isolated Cape Cormorant; as well as a renewable source of Guano (bird shit), which is used in fertilizer for it’s high nitrogen content.
rN9Re TIL that sticking out one’s tongue is a sign of respect or agreement and was often used as a greeting in traditional Tibetan culture. Apparently, a cruel ninth-century Tibetan king had a black tongue, so people stick out their tongues to show that they are not like him (and aren’t his reincarnation)