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TIL the line "They call me Mr. Pig" in the Lion King is a reference to the 1967 film, In the Heat of the Night

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oRO8L TIL there was an effort during WWII to train pigeons to guide missiles by strapping them in a harness and using their pecks to navigate. The pigeons were largely successful during closed loop tests with fast response time and high accuracy, but the project never came to fruition due to budget cuts.
dDwXj TIL about Krystyna Skarbek - A Polish-British spy who got arrested by Gestapo during ww2 and got released by faking tuberculosis biting her tongue till it bleed to cough blood
D1YOP TIL London's Abbey Road zebra crossing, made famous from the Beatles album cover, has been granted Grade II listing, meaning it is now recognised as nationally important and of special interest.
BRLW TIL Mongol successfully invaded Russia in the winter
Lk4KZ TIL there is a beach with pink sand on Komodo Island (the island where Komodo Dragons come from). The color comes from micro-organisms called foraminifera in local coral reefs