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TIL NASA launched a satellite after the USSR launched Sputnik, and it crashed in 3 seconds— so the press dubbed it ‘Kaputnik’

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M7K90 TIL that A. A. Milne stopped writing Winnie the Pooh books partially because he was worried about the fame it brought his son, Christopher Robin Milne. They later became estranged because his son resented the books and the fame they brought him.
dD4B9 TIL a leech can survive on one feeding every five years if it is kept refrigerated.
wb5W TIL of Zimmerit, a putty-like coating containing sawdust which some German tanks in WWII were covered with in order to prevent magnetic mines from sticking to them.
paB8 TIL Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave
gby TIL the difference between a poison, a toxin and a venom. A poison is any substance that disturbs an organism’s functions, a toxin is a poison produced biologically and a venom is a toxin that is injected with a bite or sting.