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Today I learned about Belka and Strelka, the first living creatures to go into space

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AN0V7 TIL that multiple sclerosis is more common in people who live farther from the equator and the cause of this geographical pattern is not clear.
m9pR TIL; Liam is short for William.
npeW TIL there’s more gold in a ton of mobile phones than a ton of gold ore. It takes a ton of ore to get 1g of gold, but you can get the same amount from recycling 41 mobile phones
MewM8 TIL Frank Freashwaters, the man known to many simply as the “Shawshank fugitive” for his 56 years on the run from an infamous Ohio correctional facility was captured in May 2015. After spending most of his life as a fugitive, Freshwater was cleared for release by a parole board in 2016.
oRN9o Today I learned that Toyota, car company, started in the apparel industry of making silk-weaving looms