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TIL the first spacewalk was plagued with issues including Alexei's feet coming out of his boots, not being able to fit back inside the capsule, and landing in a forest in winter without a heater, waiting over a day for rescue

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X0exR TIL When you lose fat from dieting, it doesn't "melt" away and not much passes out through your waste. No, your lost fat is mostly exhaled
VMGbD TIL The United States has no official language at the federal level. Hawaii recognised Hawaiian Pidgin English and South Dakota made Sioux an official language.
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yQZNM TIL One of the few remaining trams which survived the Hiroshima bomb has been restored to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack. It has been repainted its original colours - blue and grey - and has video testimony from survivors on board
xYdo TIL General William Tecumseh Sherman once said of Ulysses S. Grant: “Grant is a great general. He stood by me when I was crazy. and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now we stand by each other.” Sherman had been previously removed from command for insanity.