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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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8axbK TIL that the average height of a male in the Netherlands has gained 20 cm (eight inches) in the last 150 years, according to military records.
69Ny7 TIL that Roman Soldiers were not allowed to marry until the Second Century AD. Until then wives were illegal and any children were considered illegitimate.
ep4eD TIL that Korean footballer Ahn Jung-hwan, who scored the winning goal in South Korea's controvential victory over Italy at the 2002 World Cup, had his contract cancelled by the owner of the Italian club where he was playing at the time the day after he scored it
7rwQX TIL British Admiral Horatio Nelson, commander-in-chief of the British fleet in the Mediterranean in 1804, then the largest naval force in existence suffered from seasickness ever since he joined the navy at the age of 12.
j66Kn TIL that electric blankets may cause heat stroke in sleep which may result in rectal temperature upto 41.2 °C (106.2 °F), severe burns and death.