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TIL NASA had an accident while testing spacesuits for the Apollo moon missions, and caught it on camera. The test subject was accidentally depressurized while in a vacuum chamber, and lost consciousness and experienced his own spit boiling. The team took nearly a minute to save him from the chamber.

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DARY TIL in 1892, during a massive general labor strike in New Orleans, white and black workers united in an effort to gain better working conditions. Although commercial representatives tried to divide the workers by race, spreading stories of ‘negro mobs’ victimizing whites, the workers remained united
R5B09 TIL that Cunard intended to name its largest ship after the late Queen Victoria. It asked the current King for permission to name it after "Britain's greatest queen", but the King, thinking they were referring to his wife, Queen Mary, agreed. Cunard was forced to change the name to the Queen Mary.
yVKmV TIL that Nunavut's 25 municipalities, which cover only 0.2% of the Canadian territory's total area, are home to 99.95% of its population.
ANYln TIL the U.S. government has 1.4 billion pounds of cheese stored in a cave underneath Springfield, Missouri.
yVbnV TIL that according to a 2019 study that interviewed over 1,000 employed Americans: 80% reported they "habitually" experience work-related dreams with over 50% confirming they've had at least one nightmare about work.