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TIL of 14-year-old Aitazaz Hassan Bangash, who sacrificed his life after tackling a suicide bomber who was determined to kill students gathered for their morning assembly at their school. During the scuffle, the bomber dressed in a school uniform, panicked and set off the bomb, killing them both.

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pY5Ab TIL Olivia Colman's real name is Sarah Sinclair (née Colman). She had to adopt a different stage name when she began working professionally because Equity (the UK actors' union) already had an actress named Sarah Colman.
woJvY TIL of the Comuta-Car, an electric vehicle built in the 1970s that had a max speed of around 40 mph and a range of 40 miles (64 km). Starting in 1982, some kits may have been sold for people to build the cars at home.
0wmaM TIL in the efforts to capture a man-eating tigress, Indian wildlife officials used the perfume Obsession for Men by Calvin Klein as bait. The perfume contains a pheromone called civetone, which a US study found to be attracting to jaguars.
DJ9r TIL that when celebrated singer Marian Anderson was denied permission to perform for an integrated audience because she was black, President Franklin Roosevelt arranged for her to give a concert on the steps of Lincoln memorial that was heard by thousands in person and millions over the radio
GYlMN TIL Shaquille O'Neal allowed a pre-fame *NSYNC to record their demo in his recording studio after hearing them sing the national anthem at an Orlando Magic basketball game.