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TIL NASA had a moon race scare when the Zond 5 crew capable spacecraft was sent around the moon (September 1968) and returned to Earth. Voices of 3 cosmonauts were heard from the spacecraft discussing telemetry and even a landing attempt. The craft had no crew and the transmission was faked.

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nvPG TIL A man named Joe Lozito fought off a serial killer on a subway of New York, while police were aware they stood behind the conductors doors until Lozito disarmed him, the NYPD apparently has no duty to protect the citizens of New York
ADY47 TIL that an anonymous Brit drew penises around potholes in Manchester to force authorities to stop delaying fixing them. It worked
v1QE7 TIL that anteaters, armadillos and extinct animals such as glyptodonts, giant ground sloths, are pampatheres are all related. They share similar teeth that have no enamel and grow throughout the entire life of both animals and never completely wear down.
LQ5Nv TIL in the 1970s, musician Gordon Sumner of Wallsend, England, had a habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes when playing with a jazz band in northern England. The bandleader thought it made him look like a bee or a wasp, prompting the nickname "Sting".
8aABL TIL that Ligers [Lion+Tiger hybrids] aren't sterile. In fact, there's a 2nd gen hybrid species called Liligers, which are bred from a female Liger and a male Lion. While ligers often inherit the sandy coloring and stripes of its parentage, liligers often develop rosettes similar to a leopard.