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TIL that during WWII storks migrating from Holland to South Africa were found with messages taped to their legs that read, “Help us! The Nazis are killing us all!”

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vPA07 TIL the night before the Challenger launch, Roger Boisjoly, the engineer who'd first predicted the disaster 6 months earlier, begged managers not to launch. Boisjoly later testified, and developed PTSD after being ostracized and fired from his job. The only person who comforted him was Sally Ride.
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