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TIL that an ESA Astronaut nearly drowned in his spacesuit during a 2013 spacewalk.

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Y8ar TIL when trees evolved, it took 60 mil. years for fungi to evolve the ability to break down lignin. Trees fell over and didn’t decompose, storing vast amounts of carbon, resulting in an oxygen-rich atmosphere that favored enormous insects; burning in massive fires; and producing our stores of coal.
0dbAR TIL in 1997 a crew of 6 robbed $18.9m in cash from the Dunbar Armored facility in LA; one of them had cased it while working there. They left almost no evidence & concealed their wealth for 2 yrs until one of them paid a broker with bills still in the original currency straps, which got them caught.
oRAv8 TIL Freddy Kruger was originally going to be played by veteran British actor David Warner.
awrNJ TIL that Nerf stands for, Non-Expanding Recreational Foam.
AN6yl TIL about the West Point Spiked Eggnog Riot of 1826, when cadets, including future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, went on a wild bender after sneaking booze into the academy. Captain Hitchcock tried to regain control but was attacked, and nearly shot, while a drunk drum corps played outside