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TIL that the Russian space program (from the 1960s to the 1980s) was the first to not only land a probe on another planet (Venus) but also photograph it

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V5mZ TIL there was a second Fukushima nuclear power plant, 10km to the south, that suffered the same crippling tsunami damage, but was saved from meltdown by a capable leader and heroic staff.
4kOJo TIL In November 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau was killed by the Sentinelese, an uncontacted tribe in the Andaman Island chain in India, during an illegal expedition to the island, where Chau had intended to convert the tribe to Christianity.
Ekxw TIL that ¼ of the population can induce a sneeze by looking into a light and that these people can experience up to 40 successive sneezes from exposure.
R54G6 TIL: In 2021, scientists found the fossils of a reptile that "looks like a pokemon" the size of a pigeon with a frog like moth, bat wings, large eyes, and a long tail. The fossils were 160 million years old. It was named Sinomacrops bondei, which means "China, large eyes and face".
Zk6B TIL the founder of Macy’s, Rowland Hussey, who was a Quaker, is credited with inventing the price tag. Quakers believed it was immoral to barter - charging people different prices for the same product. Also, price tags made it easier to expand and quickly hire new sales people.