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TIL when shooting the cover for Pink Floyd's "Animals", the giant inflatable pig that was used for it broke loose from its moorings. It flew over Heathrow, and pilots spotted it flying 30,000 feet in the air, resulting in cancelled flights. It eventually landed at a farm in Kent, scaring some cows.

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eN9D TIL: One night in 1998, activists from the Animal Liberation Front crept onto a farm in the New Forest, England. Their goal was to save a group of 6,500 minks. No sooner were they freed than the minks went on a rampage. Guinea pigs, cats, chickens, and water voles all fell victim to the mink hordes.
PZMw TIL, In 2006, a woman farted on a plane and tried to cover up the smell by lighting matches, causing an emergency landing.
Yp5KZ TIL that Sir Muhammad Mahabat Khan III, the Maharaja of Junagadh (1900-1959), owned 800 dogs, each with its own room, a telephone, and a servant. He had his liveried staff dress his dogs in formal evening suits, mount them on rickshaws, and drive them. When a dog died, state mourning was declared
LkwrQ TIL fewer than 12% of the companies that were on the 1955 Fortune 500 list still were on it in 2017.
y0jw TIL Eddie Van Halen played the iconic guitar solo in Michael Jackson’s Beat It. Also it was a favor and free of charge