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TIL: Palantir Technologies' Name and Logo are derived from the Palantir Seeing Stones from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

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gMyWA TIL Laika the Space Dog did not live for many days in space, but instead died in a panic shortly after launch.
awOe0 TIL of the Lucky Cat, one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants designed to be intentionally too dark for Instagram photos.
PY5MO TIL that one of the reasons we like chocolate is because the ratio of sugar and fat is very similar to breast milk
GAmmg TIL that former F1 driver Romain Grosjean survived a fiery crash during the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix that split his car in half and wedged his cockpit (and himself) inside an Armco barrier. He survived with only burns to his finger as he tried to escape the burning mess.
l7l1B TIL about Vulture Bees, who instead of collecting nectar, collect the flesh from rotting carcasses and produce a "decay-resistant edible glucose product resembling honey", aka Meat Honey.