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TIL During the Falklands war, while the HMS Sheffield was sinking it’s crew burst into song, singing Monty Python’s “Always look on the bright side of life”

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kXae TIL An adopted cat named Rusty very uncharacteristically kept pestering his owner after she wasn’t feeling well and wanted to lie down. This culminated in the owner seeking medical help and finding out she had experienced a heart attack. She credits Rusty with saving her life.
4XJk5 TIL about a type of tinnitus called pulsatile tinnitus, which is where you can hear a pulsing (like your heartbeat) in one or both of your ears. This is typically caused by muscle movements near the ear or blood flow problems in the face or neck.
vP6r8 TIL Lightning McQueen from “Cars” isn’t named after Steve McQueen, but after late Pixar animator Glenn McQueen, who died during the film’s production.
yQEX TIL A doctor purposely overdosed on cocaine, and as death approached, scribbled his reaction on the wall of his office for science.
laW7 TIL that in the 1930’s,the United States banned women from showing their bellybuttons in Hollywood films. When the ban was finally lifted, Marilyn Monroe was quoted as saying, “I guess the censors are willing to recognize that everybody has a navel.”