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TIL Because of an obstruction in the shuttle's external wastewater dumping system during STS-41D, a two-foot "pee-sicle" formed during the mission which had to be removed with the Robot Arm

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d8yN8 TIL about "court dwarfs". Some of the first dwarfs to have their histories recorded were employed as court dwarfs. They were owned and traded amongst people of the court, and delivered as gifts to fellow kings and Queens . Royals appeared much larger and visually enhanced their powerful position.
Br1Zk TIL the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is where one stumbles upon some obscure piece of information—often an unfamiliar word or name—and soon afterwards encounters the same subject again, often repeatedly.
D1dEV TIL about Chi Chi --American Humane's hero dog of 2018. She lost nearly all four legs — and almost her life after being rescued from a trash bag inside a dumpster. Today, with the help of two sets of prosthetic paws, she uses her sweet demeanor to assist others as a certified therapy dog.
b9yn7 TIL authors of the NUCLEAR WINTER hypothesis, Carl Sagan and Richard P. Turco, conceded to significantly scale back their theory after much criticism from specialized experts, including exaggerated numbers of dust and ash which wouldn't be the case from airburst nukes.
v1PBB TIL The isolated territory in France called ‘Zone Rouge’ is estimated to take no fewer than 700 years to completely clean due to shells, chemicals, remains, and other waste from World War 1.