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TIL: That Snoopy became NASA's safety mascot in 1968, leading to the creation of the Silver Snoopy Award, a highly coveted honor that has recognized NASA employees and contractors for over 50 years.

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WOmB TIL before World War II it was very rare for white couples to adopt a child of a different race, especially African American babies. Operation “Brown Baby” was started by the Boys and Girls Aid Society and tried placing children in homes irrespective of racial homogeneity.
V10Z TIL that Monsanto created Agent Orange, which caused over half a million Vietnamese children to be born with deformities.
781dX TIL:Josefina Guerrero (August 5, 1917 – June 18, 1996) was a Filipina spy during World War II. Guerrero had leprosy and was an unsuspicious and effective surveillance asset for American allied forces.
X0vRk TIL the 13th amendment bans slavery 'except as punishment for a crime.'
WkwjX TIL that the first spy satellites would eject capsules of photographic film back to earth, which would then be caught mid-flight by aeroplanes and returned to ground for photos to be developed.