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l7paG TIL that veterinarians used 3D printing to replace part of a cat’s skull in 2019 (the cat made a full recovery)
GYKlg TIL when the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov visited the US in 1962, the American press initially portrayed him as affable and polite. But when he said, "I saw neither angels nor God up there. I believe in man," the press quickly turned on him and accused him of spreading "anti-religious propaganda."
oRV5K TIL in 2000 a lawyer in Moscow defending an American accused of espionage delivered his closing arguments in 12 pages of iambic pentameter verse.
loaJ1 Today I learned I have trypophobia. It turns out it's very common. I always just thought I was weird.
WkyXB TIL a Fallujah Marine veteran was left with a broken tibia after being brutally beaten by an active Air Force member. The airman suspected the Marine of stolen valor and (ironically) didn't recognize a non-active military I.D. The airman was never found.