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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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Ooera TIL that the RMS Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic, rammed a U-Boat and sunk it, making it the only merchant ship in World War I to have sunk an enemy vessel.
0dJxp TIL In 1987 Bruce Willis released an album called "The return of Bruno", that is also a comedic movie representing Bruce as his fictitious alter-ego "Bruno Radolini". This album went #4 in UK, and #14 in US
aNM0 TIL: San Pellegrino is naturally carbonated from the moment it comes out of the ground
1a5vr TIL that in 2001, instead of selling 6 shares for 610,000 yen, a trader accidentally sold 610,000 shares for 6 yen, leaving his company $100 million dollars poorer.
OGaMX TIL Through helioseismology, astronomers can observe the far side of the Sun and count its sunspots. The Sun's interior is very good at transmitting sound and its soundwaves are used to look through the star