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TIL the Death Star trench run was modeled after a real world event: The Dambusters Raid

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aXwL TIL that Tom Hanks’ character in A League of Their Own was based on Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx. Foxx, one of the greatest power hitters of his day, suffered from injuries and alcoholism and eventually died from choking on dinner.
8a8wP TIL that a snail known as the geography cone is the most venomous animal on earth. Its venom is a mix of hundreds of toxins delivered through a harpoon-like tooth — and there's no anti-venom.
7rQ4Z TIL that a grasshopper mouse from the Sonoran Desert is immune to scorpion venom and howls at the moon getting the nickname werewolf mouse.
v1bZ7 TIL "Ketchup" is a universal word, and is the same in a lot of languages.
epD8D TIL of the Town of Bingham Canyon, which was founded as a copper mining town in 1863, before being completely consumed by the copper mine as it grew. The Bingham Canyon Mine is now the largest man-made open pit mine in the world, and one of the deepest as well.