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TIL that F1 drivers pee inside their suits during the race

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MeDkb TIL about Juneteenth: an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans throughout the former Confederate States of America.
woGWJ TIL Peter Davidson who played the fifth Dr Who, and Sandra Dickinson who played Trillian in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy have a daughter, Georgia Tennant, who portrayed the daughter of the tenth Doctor Who, and later married the actor who played him.
4XXLR TIL that two of the longest wars ever fought in history (Reconquista and Iranian-Roman Wars), each took more than 700 years
MedkA TIL Disney wanted the "Man" Villain from Bambi to die in a fire and his charred corpse to be shown on screen - The scene was storyboarded but eventually scrapped
ObN4 TIL Tear Gas (and pepper spray) are illegal to use in warfare. Used on our own citizens in riot control, it cannot be used on enemy combatants.