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TIL there has been only one spacewalk with more than two people, which was on the STS-49 space shuttle mission. Astronauts Pierre Thuot, Rick Hieb, and Thomas Akers performed an unscheduled spacewalk in order to capture a faulty satellite after several previous two-man attempts had failed.

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p8BdQ TIL when Rupert Murdoch (then-owner of 20th Century Fox) was shown a rough cut of "Titanic" to appease him over how much money James Cameron was spending on the film, Murdoch said "I can see why you like the movie, but it's no Air Force One."
6EkB8 TIL it took the creator of the Rubik’s Cube more than a month to solve it for the first time after he initially invented it.
1aymW TIL that British police are referred to as "Bobbies" due to the fact that Prime Minister Robert Peel founded the Metropolitan Police Force for London at Scottland Yard.
9blQ TIL After President Carter retired, he started an effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm, which infected millions of people with worms that slowly and painfully burrow out of the body over 3 months. By 2001, the infection rate was reduced by 98%, with 80% of the remaining cases in the Sudan warzone.
BggGW TIL, that Babe Ruth once crashed his car on his way to an exhibition game. Not wanting to miss the game, he hitchhiked the rest of the way.