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TIL there is a website with a life-size image of a blue whale that you can explore.

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mGXo TIL: One of the submersibles used to dive the Titanic was attacked by a swordfish which got trapped in it’s skin causing it to make an emergency surface. They then cooked it for dinner
XElOk TIL that because broadcast satellite technology wasn’t invented yet, footage from the 1960 Rome Olympics was videoed and flown back to the US by plane and often aired events the same day they happened
R5oQa TIL that Ruth Handler, creator of the Barbie doll, got her idea when she saw her daughter Barbara playing with paper dolls and giving them adult roles, but most of the dolls in the market were of infants.
WLGN TIL Astronauts on the Apollo missions reported seeing flashes and streaks of light when they closed their eyes. This was later confirmed to be caused by cosmic radiation bombarding their retinas while outside of the Earth’s magnetosphere.
kYn7 TIL that despite having only 3% of America’s population, Ohio has produced 25 astronauts, including John Glenn and Neil Armstrong. The top WWI and II fighter aces (Eddie Rickenbacker and Dominic Gentile) were from Ohio. Also, Orville and Wilbur Wright are from there.