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TIL Tupac Shakur’s stepfather was involved in the 1981 Brinks armored car heist

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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.
xVKe1 TIL some cats are allergic to humans the same way humans can be allergic to cats.
lo8Jr TIL that the first person to die during a space mission was Vladimir Komarov in 1967. He knew the capsule was unsafe and that he would not be returning alive so he demanded an open casket funeral to send a message to the government officials who had caused his death
Z96B TIL that Tim Duncan is an avid fan of Dungeons and Dragons and wanted to be called “Merlin” when he first got into the league
WkKZ4 TIL Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett) was the second actor to be cast as the Tin Woodsman in the Wizard of Oz, but had to drop out of the cast because the aluminum powder in his makeup nearly caused his death.