Published on 12, July, 2020
I encourage you to reply, but not more than once a day, with a interesting new fact. Let’s stretch this out instead of dumping all the interesting facts out all at once. (Btw feel free to comment on the interesting facts as much and as often as you want)
edit: posting a source for your fact is strongly encouraged.
In 1957, a dog became the first ever animal to go in space and orbit the Earth, paving the way forward for human spaceflight.
The dog was called Laika and there's a statue of the lovely and brave dog in Moscow that celebrates this wonderful achievement.
Makes me love dogs even more