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TIL Apollo 7 was the first well-documented instance of someone coming down with a cold in space.

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E1nGo TIL Genghis Khan had 500 wives
OGjja TIL measles was first described by a Persian physician in the tenth century.
lgy7 TIL a baby boy was born via caesarean to a 15-year-old girl, who happened to have a vulva but no vagina, 278 days after she sustained abdominal wounds in a knife fight after giving oral sex, during which time spermatozoa gained access to her reproductive organs via the injured gastrointestinal tract
OVK7 TIL there are over 300 Drive-In movie theaters still operating in the United States
p8bnZ TIL the US Navy conducted mock air attacks by aircraft carrier on Pearl Harbor in 1932 and 1938. In both exercises the attacks were successful, demonstrating the importance of air power over battleships. Both exercises were ignored by the US Navy but were studied carefully by the IJN.