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TIL Squatting is legal in Belgium

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R5w14 TIL that in 1984, during Space Shuttle mission STS 41-B, astronaut Bruce McCandless made the first untethered spacewalk as he flew some 300 feet from the Shuttle in the first test of the MMU.
wowdJ TIL that the Canonical Hours, the Christian divisions of the day for regular prayers, originated in Jewish prayer customs.
b69N7 TIL in 1899, the Mississippi River froze over near Cairo, Illinois, and icebergs broke loose and continued to float downriver through New Orleans before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
wLpOE TIL The Last Supper by Leonardo has a large missing section at the bottom of it where Jesus's feet would be. It was cut away in 1652 to make room for a door in the church where it was kept, after the paint faded away to the point of being unrecognizable.
dZj TIL Patrick Stewart will be running the Olympic torch through my home town.