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TIL Some caterpillars look like snakes

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JY1n8 It’s never happened, and NASA feels confident that it never will. For one thing, astronauts generally don’t float free. Outside the ISS, they’re always attached to the spacecraft with a braided steel tether, which has a tensile strength of 1,100 pounds. If it’s a two-person spacewalk, oftentimes the astronauts are also hooked to each other.
JAgl TIL Mohammed wrote an open letter to Christians that declared their right to self-governance, protection for churches and monasteries, and freedom to practice their religion openly in Muslim controlled areas. Muslims are commanded to follow this until the end of time.
9Y0oX TIL in 1864 when Congress reintroduced the Nickel currency bill they wanted the likeness of Clark on the bill, in reference to soldier William Clark, however the head of the Currency Bureau Spencer M. Clark used his own likeness, which directly led to the abolishment of the Nickel currency bill.
wojnY TIL Since the year 1580, there have only been 660 fatal shark attacks.
e0grE TIL raw milk is responsible for nearly three times more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease source, making it one of the world's most dangerous food products