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TIL that the first weather satellite was launched (1960) before the first human spaceflight (1961)

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XYYR TIL that in 1961, a B-52 bomber broke apart over North Carolina and two nuclear bombs fell to the ground. One was was armed and the second has yet to be recovered.
kZ7B TIL that during the 70s-80s the crime was so high in New York City that they had volunteer crime-prevention patrollers like Guardian Angels
x64nk TIL the author of the Dr. Dolittle series, Hugh Lofting, created the book in a series of letters to his children while he was fighting in the First World War as a way to spare them from the horrors he was witnessing being committed on both humans and animals alike
rR16x TIL that "Bonsai" is not a specific type of tree, but the Japanese art form of making trees look miniature.
PY8eZ TIL of Yang Jingyu, a Chinese WW2 Commander-in-Chief. After his troops were killed, he fought alone for 5 days. Japanese troops, fearing his famed marksmanship, refused to approach his body for a while after his death. They later reburied him properly with full cemetery ritual and military respect.