Which Soviet cosmonaut became the first human to die during an actual spaceflight when his capsule's parachute failed in 1967?

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What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft whose parachute failure caused the first in-flight fatality in human spaceflight history?

Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died in 1967 when his Soyuz 1 parachute failed—the first human spaceflight fatality.

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In which ancient civilization's tombs did archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old honey that was still safe to eat?

Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still perfectly edible.

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Prior to the 1940s, which color was commonly recommended in the U.S. as suitable for baby boys rather than girls?

Pink was considered a masculine color for boys until the 1940s. Marketers flipped the gendering as a sales strategy post-WWII.

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Which element makes up approximately 78% of Earth's atmosphere by volume?

Although nitrogen makes up nearly four-fifths of the air we breathe, our lungs cannot extract it — we inhale and exhale it entirely unused, as though it weren't there at all.

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The two triangular sections of Nepal's national flag are designed to symbolize which natural feature?

Nepal's flag is the world's only non-rectangular national flag, deliberately designed as two stacked triangles to represent two mountain peaks.

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Which human sense is most closely linked to memory and emotion because its signals bypass the thalamus and connect directly to the limbic system?

Humans can distinguish over one trillion distinct smells, yet a single whiff of an old scent can recreate a decades-old memory more vividly than any photograph.