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TIL a farmer putting a bottle in his anus played a major role in the downfall of Yugoslavia

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WJV9 TIL Many investigators believed that some if not all the crew of The Challenger disaster survived the explosion unharmed and were conscious for the full 2 minutes 45 seconds it took for the Crew Cabin to return to Earth, before being killed by collision force when the module hit the sea.
ao50 TIL 150 Irish soldiers defended a Congo town from 3000 African mercs for six days, killed 300 of the mercs and didn’t lose any men themselves.
nekkb TIL Gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1995, resulting in regeneration of the entire ecosystem [Trophic cascade]. After the wolves were driven extinct regionally nearly 100 years ago, scientists began to fully understand their role in the food web as a keystone species.
b69OE TIL that Amazon received $761 Billion in returned merchandise - more than the US National Defense Spending in 2021 of $741 Billion
PA1Z TIL Duck Hunt is a two player game. A controller in port 2 controls the ducks.