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TIL About the day various objects were thrown by fans onto the pitch at an Asian Champions League game in Iran in 2012, including a hand grenade. Soccer player unknowingly threw it off the field just before it blew up.

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vPXbr TIL that Apocephalus borealis, a parasitoid fly also known as the "zombie fly", lays its eggs in honeybees, bumblebees and paper wasps; the hosts - sometimes referred to as "zombees" - show behavioral changes of unclear purpose.
6E6Rl TIL While sliding down the pole in "Jailhouse Rock", Elvis lost the cap off of a tooth. It was discovered that he had aspirated the cap and that it had lodged in his lung. It was successfully removed by a surgeon, who parted his vocal cords to retrieve it
xYv1 TIL An Internet troll was jailed after mocking deaths of teenagers. Sean Duffy targeted Facebook tribute pages and posted videos on YouTube taunting the dead victims and their families. The court heard that Duffy has Asperger’s syndrome and lived a “miserable existence” drinking alcohol alone.
LQVlr TIL that there is no commandment saying "thou shalt not lie", instead it's just "shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour".
grxV4 TIL there was a British plan during WWIl to seal up soldiers in a hidden Gibraltar bunker so they could observe German military movements even if Gibraltar was captured.