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TIL that there is a law in the UK that states all documents must be inanimate objects, after the case of the live cow used as a cheque

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rRglx TIL that Mario Andretti is the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, and the Formula One World Championship
6E6lw TIL In 1897 a Swedish Balloonist and his two colleagues began their nationally covered journey to fly over the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. Four decades later a whaling ship came across their remains on a small arctic island, having crashed and perished in the tough arctic climate.
OGLEX TIL that during Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States, a Maoist American protested against him, calling him a "capitalist roader"
PWWV TIL “head over heels” was originally “heels over head,” which makes a lot more literal sense
VBK80 TIL that Project Stargate was a CIA plan to use psychic powers for spying