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TIL the three member crew of NASA’s Skylab 4 mission staged a one-day mutiny where they shut off all communication with ground control and spent the day relaxing and looking at the Earth.

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89K TIL in 2009, a Swiss-made watch was found in a 400-year-old Chinese tomb.
8aXXG TIL in 1054, Chinese astronomers noted a bright "guest star" in Taurus that was visible in the daytime for 3 weeks, and didn't completely fade out for almost two years. The "guest star" was actually the supernova explosion that created the Crab Nebula, which is located some 6,500 light-years away.
neBEB TIL In 1985 2 young Irish boys made it to New York on their own with no money
WZad TIL that after defeating the Persians, Alexander The Great started dressing like them and took two Persian wives.
GL64 TIL American intelligence analysts were able to identify Soviet military bases in Cuba from aerial photos during the Cold War. Cuban military bases had baseball fields; the Soviets had soccer fields.