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TIL the Soviets space program didn’t only put the first man in space, but also the first women, space station, space rover and had the first (unmanned) soft landing on any body other than earth

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5odr TIL that a gallon of gasoline has 31,000,000 calories.
dDwrQ TIL Though they have ancient origins the modern western popularity of earth shelters was driven by the 1973 Oil Crisis and back-to-the-land movement. However the most earth shelters are in Northern China, where approximately 10 million people living underground.
4kEZo TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev was a spokesperson for Pizza Hut. Link Below!
wL4QJ Today I learned that “blue” didn’t exist in ancient times (e.g. it’s rarely used in the Bible, not used in the Iliad), and that in most languages “blue” is typically the last color word that evolves (red is usually first).
d88ZZ TIL: That that little jeans pocket inside your actual jeans pocket originaly was designed to protect cowboys watches.