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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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4XXRJ TIL during the Apollo program, Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy
OoYLL TIL when ‘The Shining’ premiered, the MPAA wouldn’t allow blood to appear in any trailer “approved for all audiences,” but Stanley Kubrick managed to get a trailer comprised solely of the elevator scene passed by convincing the board the tsunami of blood was rusty water.
EBXp TIL Unlike many other big cats, snow leopards are not aggressive towards humans. There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
0wbNL TIL Takijiro Onishi, Father Of The Kamikaze, Committed Seppuku To Atone For The Pilots He Helped To Kill
P1AOE TIL the first Roman to be hailed as Imperator, which was the title that would eventually evolve into what we know as a Roman Emperor, was Aemilius Paulus in 189 BC for his campaigns against the Lusitanians.