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TIL King Tut had a Dagger Made from a Meteorite

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PYdAJ TIL According to Welsh legend, faeries would not only use Corgis for pulling their carts, but would also ride them into battle.
jN5PX TIL: Reinhard Gehlen, The Chief of FHO, the Nazi German Army's military intelligence unit on the Eastern Front (1941–45) was recruited by the American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) immediately after the war and remained its close affiliate.
gM7W4 TIL Mr. Peanut is of British heritage and has the proper name of Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe.
45ka TIL Walk Off the Earth singer Sarah Blackwood was kicked off a United Airlines flight over her crying son
Bg0Lb TIL that the only man Al Capone ever feared was Chicago gangster Earl J. 'Hymie' Weiss. He made several attempts on the kingpin's life, including a ten car driveway. Despite his derogatory nickname, he was also a devout Catholic who despised prostitution. Earl was gunned down at 28 in 1926.