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TIL "Have you eaten?" is a common greeting across Asia

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6EOgX TIL that, contrary to expectations, objects with greater drag generate less heat when entering the atmosphere. This is because a pocket of air forms in front of the object. After this was discovered in 1951, vehicles such as the Apollo capsule were designed to enter the atmosphere blunt-end first.
OoNg6 TIL that in 2020 Sweden discovered that one of their intelligence officers, who had worked at NATO HQ, and was the FSB liaison, had been faking his credentials for 18 years and was not in fact a Major in the Swedish Army.
PYYZe TIL Buckfast, a caffeinated tonic wine, accounts for less than half a percent of Scotland's total alcohol sales but is a factor in over 40 percent of arrests.
Zpl1G TIL that before SpaceX was allowed to land the Falcon9 rockets at Vandenberg California, they had to test if the native sea lions would be bothered by the sonic booms
wPl7 TIL The rule “The Captain goes down with the ship” was not intended to save ship, passengers or crew, but to prevent others from claiming cargo as salvage.