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TIL Pregnant Crash Test Dummies Exist

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OoJZ1 TIL of Neerja Bhanot - a stewardess on hijacked Pan Am flight 73. She hid the passports of American passengers to protect them. Hijackers shot passengers killing 22 and wounding 150. Bhanot was posthumously awarded medals of bravery by India, Pakistan, and the US.
5Yp9r TIL: While Pedro Pascal is always the voice of the Mandalorian, he is not the one underneath the helmet and armor in every single episode. Pascal frequently collaborates with doubles Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder to bring the character to life.
XVJj TIL Zimbabwe’s bank balance was $217 at the start of 2013
l7xar TIL there is a tiny community of Amerindians in the Northeastern Brazilian state of Amapa that speak a unique French creole called "Karipúna French Creole" that mixes French with local native tongues including Karipuna, an Arawakan language.
kOVam TIL in the '78 cartoon series The New Fantastic 4, the Torch wasn’t on the show because NBC’s parent company Universal was developing a live-action Torch series that never took flight. Urban legend was the Torch wasn’t around because NBC was afraid kids would set themselves on fire