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TIL during the Apollo Program, NASA had an escape system for launchpad emergencies that led down a literal water slide into an underground bunker called the "Rubber Room" that could shelter up to 20 people for 24 hours

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p8K4 TIL US Congressmen and Congresswomen earn $174,000 to $223,500 a year, have a guaranteed cost-of-living-adjustment, can trade stocks based on the information they get from public office, have great healthcare, and set their own salaries.
M7G8 TIL When a male honey bee orgasms, it’s testicles explode and it dies shortly after.
yVDkw TIL James Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion (Titanic), the first two films to gross over $2 billion (Titanic and Avatar), and is the only director to have had three films gross over $2 billion (Titanic, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water).
kOV1W TIL No species of turtle nurtures their children. Turtles mothers find a location on land to dig a nest and lay their eggs. After they lay their eggs, they walk away. It’s up to the babies to fend for themselves once they hatch.
Gdog TIL: a Thermos flask creates a highly efficient thermal insulation by creating a partial vacuum between 2 barriers. Since there’s virtually no air/gas/matter, there’s nothing to carry energy away (bar the canister itself). This is how rocket fuel is stored - in a giant Thermos.