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TIL that as early as 1959 the Russian Luna 3 spacecraft took the first photos of the far side of the Moon and was the first craft to use gravity assistance.

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VMR80 TIL that ants have designated paramedics that are assigned to rescue their wounded soldiers, carry them back to their nest and help them heal by gently holding the hurt limb in place with their mandibles and front legs while intensely “licking” the wound for up to 4 minutes.
pY84O TIL about the Cat Gap, a 7 million-year period from 18.5 million to 25 million years ago when cats became rare or nonexistent in the fossil record in North America
aE6L TIL in the desert in Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, there are series of thousands ancient huge, wheel-shaped structures which can only be viewed from space, similar to Nazca lines in Peru
al7J TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion
PmwO TIL Dozens of ships are still buried underneath the San Francisco financial district. They were abandoned during the gold rush and never moved.