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TIL When a mission-specific capture bar failed to capture a Satellite in outer space, Nasa Astronauts caught and roped in a 4.5 ton communications satellite with their bare hands.

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OGKEa TIL: In 2007, Bokito the gorilla escaped and attacked a woman who made eye contact with him at The Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam. This inspired insurance company "FTBO" to design "Bokito Kijker" (or "Bokito Viewers"), special glasses that made it look like the wearer was averting their gaze
pypA TIL there is a hungarian nazi terrorist group called Betyársereg, whom you can call if you are in “trouble” and their squad will come and help you out. They don’t charge for their “services” if Roma people are involved.
O6r6 TIL that when Genghis Khan sent a trade caravan to the Khwarezmid empire, the governor of one city seized it and killed the traders. Genghis Khan retaliated by invading the empire with 200,000 men and killing the governor by pouring molten silver down his eyes and mouth
4keeX TIL that, the first Lockheed U-2 spy plane pilots, during extended flights, wore suits equipped with an indwelling urinary catheter. This tube, inserted through the penis into the bladder, siphoned urine into a bag. This suite and solution was unpopular among pilots
N7BoE TIL that in ancient Hawaiʻi, men and women ate meals separately and women weren't allowed to eat certain foods. King Kamehameha II removed all religious laws that and performed a symbolic act by eating with the women in 1819. This is when the lūʻau parties were first created.