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TIL Hollywood used 1,500 Inflatables as crowd for “The King’s Speech” movie

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d897j TIL Ballooning is a process by which spiderlings and even some species of adult spiders move through the air by releasing one or more gossamer threads from their spinnerets to catch the wind becoming airborne sometimes for long distances and great heights at the mercy of air and electric currents.
awaRL TIL About Ivaylo of Bulgaria, a peasant who incited and lead a revolt, defeated a mongol army, personally killed the Tsar on the battlefield, and became Tsar of Bulgaria.
pYQ5Z TIL that Portugal produces over half the world’s cork, being home to the largest cork forest and responsible for around 60–70 % of cork exports.
LQDDp TIL North Korean state media admitted that the founder Kim Il Sung did not have the ability to teleport.
7jQO TIL during World War II a Soviet pilot was shot down while returning from a reconnaissance mission and hid in the woods nearby. When a German fighter pilot landed nearby and got out to investigate, the Soviet pilot rushed out, stole his plane and flew home.