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TIL Israel attempted to land a rover on the Moon in 2019, but crash landed due to gyroscope failure. The mission spilled a few thousand tardigrades onto the lunar surface, which probably survived, making them the 2nd species to reach the moon, after humans.

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75Mb TIL that in the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Mao Zedong invited people to openly express their opinions and have free discussions. Once this happened, he cracked down on those who said the wrong things.
n9nG TIL that Israel and India are the only two countries on earth who have banned cosmetics testing on animals
4kka6 TIL the only commodity banned from futures trading in the United States is … onions
50dR TIL that in 1984 the French planted a bomb in London to test British security.
JYgXv TIL that a chemistry teacher from Ede, The Netherlands made mustard gas in his storage block “as a hobby”