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TIL on Michael Collins during Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, he was afraid of media focus if the mission failed , if he returned alone to Earth, & he was concerned about his mice companion not getting sick on quarantine back home.

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ney89 TIL the first photos that came back from Hubble were blurry and to fix that NASA gave it a new prescription lens
vPZg7 TIL 'Diepil' is a word that describes a parent who's lost a child
Ar6l TIL that North Korea once attempted to solve its food shortage problems with ostriches. Most of which end up on the plates of the rich and powerful in Pyongyang.
grjY8 TIL that many fire departments display “Keep Back 343 Feet” on the back of their fire trucks not only as a safety reminder, but specifically in remembrance of the 343 firefighters lost on 9/11.
d8MvQ TIL that Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, is regarded as the first computer programmer. She wrote an algorithm for Charles Babagge's theroetical Analytical Engine in 1842, over 100 years before the development of the first computer.