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TIL: Eight spaceships can be connected to the International Space Station at the same time

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QNWed TIL women POWs imprisoned by the Japanese on Sumatra in 1943-44 created an orchestra using only their voices, and managed to perform 3 concerts in captivity. The orchestra ended less than a year later, after more than half of the members died and the other half became too weak to sing.
OPZa TIL The most commonly used sled dogs are selectively bred mutts, not the beautiful black and white Huskies we all know and love.
4b8X TIL that due to the lax laws that pertained to divorce in Reno, Nevada in the early 1900’s, “divorce ranches” were created where women, who were denied divorces in their own home states, could stay at, establish residency, and gain a divorce in Reno within the span of six weeks.
nexyY TIL in 2014, adult diapers outsold baby diapers in Japan due to their rapidly aging population
ON9Y TIL Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, is not allowed to bike to work because his safety is too important to Nintendo