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TIL That astronaut Frank Borman suffered diarrhea onboard Apollo 8 resulting in faecal matter floating around the spacecraft cabin.

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XpxP TIL: The “Command” color used in Star Trek: the Original Series was actually lime-green and not yellow. Fabric of normal tunic made it appear yellow under studio lighting.
AD4lo TIL over 800 dinosaur species have been discovered since 2003.
ADlNl TIL the deadliest conflict since the Second World War was the Second Congo War (1998 - 2003) which has caused >5 million deaths. Hostilities have not ended yet today in 2018.
0wLW1 TiL that Tobe Hooper, the director behind "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974), also directed the music video for Billy Idol's "Dancing with Myself"
bOn9 TIL Jeff Baxter, guitarist for Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, and The Doobie Brothers is now a U.S. defense consultant and anti-terrorism expert.