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TIL at the Arab Shooting Championship in Kuwait, When a Kazakhstani Woman Won a Gold Medal, Organizers Played the Borat Version of Their National Anthem.

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9wrA6 TIL that, during production of Thor: The Dark World, Marvel decided that the Aether and previous MacGuffins would be used as Infinity Stones. In order to give each stone its own color, the red Orb in Guardians of the Galaxy was changed to purple in post-production.
RWD9 TIL Lucy Ann Johnson, an Alaskan mother and wife, disappeared in 1961 and was reported missing in 1965. Last year (52 years later) she was found in the Canadian Yukon, alive and well, with an entirely new family.
GYWn4 TIL that Fucking Hell is a German Pilsner or pale lager with an alcohol content of 4.9%. It is named after the village of Fucking in Austria; hell is the German word for 'pale' and a typical description of this kind of beer
BK9W TIL Giraffes make sound but it is too low for humans to hear
NXwZE TIL about “E-Squadron” or “The Increment”. Which is perhaps the most elite and secretive special forces group in the U.K.- maybe even better than the SAS.