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TIL A bear became the first living being to survive a supersonic ejection

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aw0Go TIL when Apollo 11 landed, it had only about 25 seconds of fuel left.
JwpB TIL the album cover of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” is a visual representation of the first ever extraterrestrial pulsar discovered by humans.
1XLD TIL The largest bank heist in history occurred in March 2003, when Saddam Hussein’s son Qusay walked in to the Central Bank of Iraq with a handwritten note from his father authorizing the withdrawal of $920 million.
78bKO TIL that 7-Eleven has 21,743 stores in Japan, with 2,914 in Tokyo alone (as of 2025)
R7DN6 TIL Sylvester Stallone was not the actor that the producers wanted to star in 'Rocky'. With just $106 in his bank account, Stallone turned down a $300,000 offer — the equivalent of $1 million today — for the rights to 'Rocky' so he could star in the film himself.