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J1Qk4 TIL that the circus music is called Entrance of the Gladiators
0b7y TIL Pierlucio Tinazzi, an Italian security guard, is credited with saving 10 people from the Mount Blanc Inferno. He donned breathing equipment and drove into the tunnel on his motorcycle. It was later found melted into the pavement after he dragged an unconscious truck driver behind a fire door.
e0ErE TIL in 2017 Glastonbury Festival had to add pineapples to their list of contraband following the success of Glass Animals and their song Pork Soda, which contained the lyric "Pineapples are in my head" and caused fans to bring the fruit to live performances en masse
7r8DM TIL the most expensive painting in the world, recently sold at an auction for $450m, was bought in 2005 for just $10k.
N7YM6 TIL the FAA has a lavatory ashtray as required equipment for all commercial jets