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TIL that Formula One driver David Coulthard survived a plane crash in which both pilots died, before attending the Spanish Grand Prix not long after

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dDpw8 TIL the previous Pope Leo (the 13th), is the earliest-born person to be filmed, as far as we know. Born in 1810, his image was captured in 1898 by film inventor William Dickson. He blessed the camera while being filmed.