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TIL in 2005 Greenpeace protesters managed to infiltrate a Range Rover Sport assembly facility and temporarily delay its production.

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pYwWQ TIL one of The Rock's earliest acting roles was fighting Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager
JL9j TIL that in 2012, Neil Armstrong’s widow Carol Armstrong found a hidden stash of moon landing artifacts inside his closet - and the hoard included the famed 16 mm camera that captured Apollo 11 crew’s planting of the US flag on moon’s surface.
R5o71 TIL that Britney Spears' music was used by the British Navy to ward off Somali pirates
gMnMy TIL that red is not the only color of blood in the animal kingdom. Several species of octopus have blue blood, ocellated icefish have clear blood, and the green-blooded skink has, well, green blood.
KYO99 TIL over 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see Oasis at Knebworth Festival in Knebworth, England in 1996. This meant the possibility of 20 sold out nights. It remains the largest demand for concert tickets in British history.