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TIL Emilia Clarke, the actress who plays Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, also voiced Dr. Zoidberg’s lover in Stench and Sensibility (Futurama).

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ne1Yo TIL that the passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 did indeed breach the cockpit. The cockpit voice recorder revealed sounds of screaming and crashing; the hijackers' reading of the takbir; and then a calm voice in English instructing "pull it up." Five seconds later, the plane crashed.
neKro TIL: Suffragette's were a militant movement that bombed Westminster Abbey and carried out roughly 250 arson or destruction attacks in one six-month period
LkEKZ TIL in 1845 a severely depressed dog tried to commit suicide by jumping into a river and refusing to make any attempt to escape (which goes against natural instincts). Even after being rescued, the dog ran back to the river. Eventually, the dog succeeded and died.
b9EP4 TIL there is ice on the surface of Mercury despite it being the closest planet to the sun in our solar system and therefore one of the hottest
XmWj TIL when Groundhog Day was released, the Washington Post wrote that “‘Groundhog’ will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress”. In 2006, the film was selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.