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TIL Satellites before the advent of digital imaging used standard film reels, which were recovered by dropping them from space and catching them mid air in a passing aircraft.

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PpDg TIL Marshall Amplifiers were basically created at the behest of Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Ritchie Blackmore, who persuaded Jim Marshall to start making and selling amp stacks in his drum store.
LNjd TIL King John of Bohemia (who was blind) died in battle (where his retainers would lead his horse into the thick of the fighting, where he would then flail his sword around) was reported to have said: “Let it never be the case that a Bohemian king runs [from a fight]!”
RGnj TIL NASA was fined $400 by Australia in 1979 for littering when pieces of Skylab crashed into the Australian outback. No one was injured. The fine was unpaid until Californian radio DJ raised funds from his listeners and paid NASA’s fine 20 years later in 1999.
X0XYQ TIL in the Maori language the name for France is Wiwi (from overhearing the French say "Oui Oui" denoting agreement)
EM1o TIL due to a mutation in the MC1R gene, redheads require a larger doses of anesthesia compared to the rest of the population.