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TIL the Soviets were trying to collect rock samples from the Moon with a probe at the exact same time the Appolo 11 mission was taking place in 1969. While Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were walking on the Moon, their probe malfunctioned and crashed into the surface miles away from them.

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gMaJ8 TIL in 1987, a passenger hijacked a plane from LAX to SFO. The flight attendant alerted the pilot, "We have a problem!". The pilot asked "What kind of problem?" The hijacker then shot the flight attendant dead & announced "I'm the problem", before killing both pilots and crashing the plane
wokZo TIL the fade-out was rare in early music. One of the earliest examples is Haydn's No. 45 symphony (1772) where each musician exited, extinguishing their candle as they left. Gradually only two muted violins remained.
N7vyJ TIL The First sporting event ever filmed was in 1894 James "Gentlemen Jim" Corbett fought Peter Courtney in 6 one-minute rounds at Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio. This small piece of Round 1 is all that remains and is the oldest surviving footage of a sport being filmed.
jNoBp TIL Switzerland requires all Swiss males to serve at least 260 days in their military. If a male citizen chooses not to serve, they must pay a special tax of 3 percent of their salary.
jN4Pj TIL 80% of people can only breathe out of one nostril at a time. The body naturally cycles between nostrils by closing one up at a time by gorging nasal tissue with blood like an erect penis, then switching every few hours.