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TIL that there is a Geocache hidden aboard the International Space Station. So far, only one person has found it.

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XEPmk TIL Dalmatians are associated with Fire Fighters because they were originally used as sirens. Dating back to the 1800s, they could keep up with the horse drawn carriages and warn people they are coming as well as scare off anything that would spook the horses.
r8xW TIL a lawyer named James Thronton only works for one client- the Earth- and even managed to successfully sue the UK government to admit that it was breaching legal limits for air pollution.
dYn8 TIL that Dwayne Johnson’s beard in the movie Hercules was made of yak testicle hair.
VM5dk TIL there's a type of keyboard, called a "chorded keyboard", that uses only eight or fewer keys.
XamQ TIL in 1994, Andres Escobar, a colombian soccer player , was killed for scoring a goal by mistake to his own team in the football World Cup of that year. The murder was only ten days after the mistake.