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R7711 TIL Male Fruit Flies Sexually Harass Females Until they Can’t Reproduce
j6Kna TIL that The first animals to orbit the moon were two Russian tortoises inside Zond 5 spacecraft, The tortoises not only survived the journey, but returned to the Earth alive . On 21 September 1968, six days after the launch, Zond 5 was retrieved from the Indian Ocean.
7r7Lp TIL in 1665 the Derbyshire village of Eyam made the remarkable decision to quarantine itself in an attempt to halt the spread of the Great Plague. 260 from 76 different families died, but the plague didn't reach the nearby towns of Sheffield and Bakewell
MeBV7 TIL The original name of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation was the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
BR0e TIL the NORAD “Tracking Santa” is run entirely by volunteers and does not use any taxpayer money. It is paid for by various sponsors and donations.