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TIL the Flying Dutchman was probably a result of an optical illusion

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jNyWX TIL that the first generations of spy satellites, "Corona" and "Zenith", took photographs, then ejected canisters of photographic film which would descend back down into Earth's atmosphere. Corona capsules were retrieved in mid-air as they floated down on parachutes.
pYOWQ Today I learned that 1 billion people in the world suffer from sleep disordered breathing.
9wvZp TIL that one of the very last surviving team members of the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” is Caren Marsh Doll, who is currently 104 years old. Marsh served as Judy Garland’s stand-in during the film’s production.
Q5E9 TIL the term ‘whipping boy’ comes from english nobility, where someone was assigned to take corporal punishment instead of royalty
41Qw TIL in 1916, a town in Tennessee hanged an elephant by its neck after it killed a trainer during a parade