I just heard a very random fact and had to look it up to see if it was true or not.
It turned out to be true.
Warning, this is a bit of a space info dump like the ones donnie makes but a lot shorter.
Apparently in 1968 during the space race, the Russians sent up a spacecraft called the Zond 5 to circle around the moon and return. This was the first moon mission to include animals and return safely to earth.
It contained an extensive biological payload which included 2 turtles.
The craft and both turtles returned to earth safely with the turtles only losing 10% of their body weight due to starvation. Otherwise the turtles were perfectly fine and had no loss of appetite.
Well technically they were steppe tortoises but still, this was something I did not know until now.
I bet you Donnie’s jealous of the space turtles.
>:)
