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TIL Buddy Holly asked out his wife María Elena Holly the first time they met and proposed to her on said date.

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6wAQ TIL if you are a British Citizen and you reach the age of 100, you can get a birthday card from The Queen herself, congratulating you on making it so far.
rRAB4 TIL bumblebees are capable of flying at altitudes much higher than Mount Everest. Two bumblebees were placed inside a plexiglass chamber and were able to reach a simulated altitude of 29,525 ft with air pressure being reduced. The chamber kept breaking before the bumblebees stopped flying.
Y7EmA TIL in Germany, drivers stuck in traffic on the Autobahn must leave an emergency lane in the middle of the road at all times. (Also Austria & Switzerland).
W76y9 TIL Henry Winkler (The Fonz) turned down the role of Danny Zuko in the movie Grease, hoping not to be typecast. The role went to John Travolta, who had played the character Doody in the stage production of Grease.
rRAAd TIL a pod of killer whales used to hunt with Indigenous Australians. The pod would lead another whale into a bay then whistle to the hunters. After they had killed the whale, the pod would get the tongue and lips before the hunters took the rest.