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TIL that the US Navy used the moon as the first “relay” satellite (i.e. sending signals from ship to moon to land and vice versa)

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7rOVO TIL that the patient in the National Geographic best picture of 1987 depicting the famous 23hrs heart transplantation which shows the Doctor monitoring his vitals while the assistant rests in the corner not only survived but outlived the doctor.
ZVrQ TIL that a apartment went untouched in paris for 75 years and was found to contain 2.1 million dollars worth of art as well as a look back into the past.
KYl4B TIL "Road Rash" is an actual medical name for a type of "friction burn" that motorcyclists would commonly face.
78JO7 TIL that due to their status as an invasive species, it is legal to hunt and kill Bigfoot in Texas.
rR1JM TIL It's now thought that Pacific Islanders traded with South Americans around the same time as the Vikings visited North America. This was found through potato genetic analysis.