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TIL: NASA intentionally underfueled Apollo 10, the test run for Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11, to prevent the crew from attempting a lunar landing on their own without permission.

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0bk5 TIL of a man who spent almost 70 years of his life with 2D vision. It wasn’t until he watched the movie Hugo with 3D glasses that his view of the world permanently changed, becoming able to see the world in 3D.
p8lyb TIL Carlsberg Laboratory, owned by the Danish brewer, was where the pH scale was invented, and where the first stable commercial beer yeast was isolated (Saccharomyces pastorianus/Saccharomyces carlsbergensis), along with many other scientific innovations
b6vVa TIL Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is widely credited with introducing percussive playing on the electric bass in the 1969 song Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again). He stated that he developed bass slapping in an earlier band in order to compensate for that band's lack of a drummer.
8aLna TIL that Indian wild Dog - Dhole, canid native to sub-continent have mating ritual and procedure different from every other species of the canine family. Females take a low bent position like Cats and they do not get locked up like others but assume a cemi-circular posture laying in the ground.
VM59Z TIL about Operation Hidden Mitten, a US law enforcement operation with the main purpose of keeping mitten crabs out of the country. This species of crab is extremely invasive, preys on local wildlife and carry parasites that affect human lungs.