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TIL Yang Liwei, China's first man in space, heard a mysterious knocking in space but it did not come from outside nor inside the spaceship. He has even tried - but failed - to recreate the sound so that experts could help him identify it

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e0gQn TIL 3 Florida men tried to steal honey from a hive of 20K - 30K bees in Pasco County; each man got about 50 stings from the honey bees. The men were hosed down by Fire Rescue & brought to the hospital. A neighbor reported that the men had been "covered in bees", but no honey was reported stolen.
kGyE TIL Jimmy Carter was the only President to have ever lived in public housing. His father died shortly after Carter had led a team disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor, so he went home to run the family farm. A drought killed his first crop and drove him into debt…but eventually he made it.
QNlQa til, erithrytol (artificial sweetner used in sparkling water and other things) can cause cardiac issues.
jaoE TIL that the song “Weightless” by Macroni Union has been proven to reduce overall anxiety levels by 65% and resting heart rates by 35%
ADoJl TIL Theodore Streleski was a Stanford Math PhD student who didn't get his PhD after 19 years of study, and then proceeded to murder his advisor.