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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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VMvp0 TIL in her nearly 70 year reign, the Queen has visited 116 countries in the world, but Greece is not one of them, despite her husband been born there. The reason is believed to be that Philip hates his birth country, because of how they treated his family over the years
PNAJ TIL Hodor is the name of the Norse god of Winter
xyo5 TIL an aluminium sculpture called “Fallen Astronaut” was smuggled to the moon to commemorate astronauts and cosmonauts who died for the advancement of space exploration.
ADVRo TIL bananas would not be nearly as available to most of the world if banana-pickers were paid a livable wage.
rRwme TIL Ronald McDonald was required to tell children that McDonald's hamburgers grew in a magic hamburger patch and were picked whole so children weren't upset about cows dying.