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TIL the road I used to take to school is apparently one of the most dangerous roads in the country!

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KYjZG TIL John Young is the only astronaut to walk on the Moon and fly the Space Shuttle. He also flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs, commanded the first Space Shuttle flight, and participated in the Spacelab program. He left NASA after criticizing its safety following the Challenger disaster.
eWdJ TIL that the Messerschmitt Bf-109, the workhorse fighter of the German Luftwaffe during WWII, first flew with a British Rolls-Royce engine, because the German engine was not ready in time for the prototype.
9YAoD TIL that Pink Floyd's The Wall is implied to be an endless loop. The final song, Outside the Wall, ends with the words "Isn't this where...", and the album begins with the words "... we came in?" with a continuation of the melody of the last song, hinting at the cyclical nature of Water's theme.
v1GMR TIL about the Still Face Experiment, where infants showed they can experience great distress when they are not smiled at and responded to.
OoodY We ask a scientist who has peered around it.