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TIL a dog named "Luks" sacrificed his life in order to save Josip Broz TITO

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OGxQg TIL in Kyrgystan they play polo with a headless goat
yVloM TIL that piston-engined aircraft still add lead to their fuel. In a deliberate attempt at lessening the perceived impact, high lead is called "low leaded fuel," and leaded fuel is called "very low leaded fuel" despite there being no safe upper limit for lead additives in fuel
vLAD TIL That Carrie Fisher admitted that she found it difficult to act across from Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) in Star Wars because Cushing was so nice and polite to her on set between takes that it was hard to show disdain towards him.
0dg0M TIL that Admiral Nelson's Spanish opponent at the Battle of Trafalgar, Federico Gravina said "I am a dying man, but I die happy; I am going, I hope and trust, to join Nelson, the greatest hero that the world perhaps has produced." while dying from wounds sustained during the battle
7rE5p TIL cupped pepperoni slices have a predetermined direction to form their cups, but the direction of heat from your oven overrides their natural tendencies