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TIL of an English cricketer nicknamed "The King of Spain" after mugs were misprinted with that slogan instead of "The King of Spin".

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rRg91 TIL about Sue Aikens, a woman who survived a brutal bear attack that left her with both hips pulled out of their sockets and bite marks in her skull. She was forced to treat her own wounds, go back out to kill the bear, then lie in her cabin for 10 days until medical help arrived.
eJ5J TIL one 18 inch pizza has more pizza than two 12 inch pizzas
X0618 TIL that a 71 year old woman from Sri Lanka named Akila Thirunayaki won 2 gold medals by running barefoot against her opponents in the field at the 2023 Asia Masters Athletics Championships.
grAo7 TIL that "Total Eclipse of the Heart," performed by Bonnie Tyler, was originally titled "Vampires in Love." Songwriter Jim Steinman wrote it while working on a musical of Nosferatu, with lyrics about the power of darkness and love's place in the dark.
1aG8X TIL The Titanic had an older sister ship called "Olympic", which became the only civilian ship to sink an enemy warship during WWI, when it turned around and rammed a German submarine attempting to attack it. The sub was gashed open by The Olympic's propellor.