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TIL that PETA euthanizes about 99% of the animals that end up in their shelters.

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d848Q TIL that the gun on the A10 Warthog fighter plane produces so much recoil that, if you pointed backwards and never ran out of ammo, you could use it to fly.
0wNdM TIL The crew of Soyuz 11 died in space from asphyxiation, when a valve in their re-entry module stuck open. The capsule landed safely, but the crew were dead.
8arBZ TIL to become a certified master trainer (Takumi master) for the Lexus production facility in Japan, you need 60,000 hours of training. You must also have the ability to fold an origami cat with your non-dominate hand in 90 seconds.
xV7ag TIL People who eat cheese and butter daily live LONGER than those who don't. Scientists came to this conclusion after analyzing the diets of more than 130,000 people in almost two dozen countries.
xWb7 TIL that on the same day James Van Allen announced his discovery of the “Van Allen” radiation belt, he agreed to help the US military nuke it to see what happened. It was described by historian James Fleming as the first time “someone discovered something and immediately decided to blow it up”.