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TIL that the Skylab Mutiny was the first and only organized labor protest to happen in space

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d8Gk8 TIL that the record for the most overdue library book is 288 years. The book was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge by Colonel Robert Walpole (England) in 1667–68 and returned in 1956.
xdBw TIL St Paul’s Cathedral in London can be seen from King Henry’s Mound, 16 km (10 miles) away. No building obstructing this view is allowed to be built by law.
nGb9 TIL that one of the largest bats in the world, the golden-capped fruit bat, with a wingspan of 5.6 feet, does not posses echolocation. It instead relies on its keen senses of sight and smell to locate food, usually traveling more than 25 miles for it. The species is now facing extinction.
yV5av TIL Women have been legally allowed to go topless in public in New York City since 1992
Qda6 TIL: White wine can be made from red grapes. Red wine is just made by leaving the skin on them.