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TIL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is the coldest national capital in the world, with a January average of -21.6C (-6.5F).

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pYmZ4 TIL they have landed a C-130 on an aircraft carrier without needing a hook to stop it, or to takeoff again, in 1963, multiple times.
XE6gE TIL Hu Yaobang, whose funeral triggered the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, wanted to have Tibetans and Uyghurs govern themselves, supported improved Sino-Japanese relations, investigated party nepotism/corruption, and was forced to resign as General Secretary for not silencing student protests
wo5wo TIL Eric Clapton grew up thinking his mother was his sister, his grandmother was his mother, and his step-grandfather was his father
8eRMZ TIL about the Atomic Energy Lab. A toy lab set created in 1950 so that kids could create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions. However, merely a year later, it was pulled from shelves as it contained real samples of the radioactive element Uranium in it.
R7l4a TIL a woman who opened an anger room in Dallas where people could destroy household items, was allegedly killed by her boyfriend due to assault.