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TIL that the song “Why can’t we be Friends?” was played in space when Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts joined together in 1975 for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.

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R7VDj TIL A man only survived the 1902 Mount Pelee eruption, which killed 30,000 people, because he’d been thrown in jail the day before and his cell was partially underground. It had thick stone walls, a bomb-proof magazine, and a small slit for breathing with no other windows.
DQ1xY TIL of Masako Katsura, the "First Lady of Billiards". She was Japan's first professional female billiards player, and moved to the USA after marrying an American in 1951. There, she competed in the 1952 billiards world championship, becoming the second female contender ever and taking 7th place.
RXR4 TIL that the French and British navies fought in 1781 at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The French navy won decisively, blocking reinforcements to British forces at Yorktown. This forced British forces to surrender and secured American independence.
QJ1J6 TIL Bali's thieving monkeys can spot high-value items to ransom for more food. Robbing and bartering is an expression of cultural intelligence on the part of the monkeys.
nelA7 TIL a park project in Los Angeles, named Hollywood Central Park, is proposed to be built atop the 101 freeway as a cap, creating 44 acres of recreational land for the community and essentially turning a mile of the freeway below into a tunnel.