Jan 29 TIL April 8th 1945 a prisoner at Buchenwald rigged up a radio transmitter and sent a message in a desperate attempt to contact the allies for rescue. 3 minutes after his message the US Army answered “KZ Bu. Hold out. Rushing to your aid. Staff of Third Army”. The camp would be liberated 3 days later
Jan 29 Astronaut Mark Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla suit on board the International Space Station. He didn’t tell anyone about it. One day, without anyone knowing, he put it on.